C - C

Japanese: C - しー
C - C

The third letter of the English alphabet. It is pronounced Se in French and Tse in German. It has no counterpart in ancient alphabets, but the Etruscan alphabet was adapted from the third letter of the Semitic and Greek alphabets, Zimmer and Gamma, and its current form was established in Latin. In Etruscan, C was used to represent the sounds g and k, and in Latin, C represented the sound k, but mainly before A and O. In chemistry, it is the symbol for carbon, and in music, it represents the note C, the first note in the key of C major. In Roman numerals, it represents 100. The temperature scale C (Celsius) is named after Anders Celsius of Sweden. As the third letter in the alphabet, C means "third" or "inferior", while A means "first" or "superior".

[Saito Koichi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

英語アルファベットの第3字。フランス語ではセー、ドイツ語ではツェーと発音される。古代のアルファベットには対応するものがないが、セム文字およびギリシア文字のアルファベットの第3字、ジメルおよびガンマΓがエトルリア文字に取り入れられたもので、現在の字体はラテン語で確立された。エトルリア語では、g音とk音を表すのにCが用いられ、ラテン語では、Cはk音を表したが、おもにAとOの前で用いられた。化学では炭素の元素記号であり、音楽ではハ音、ドレミ唱法のドを表し、ハ長調の第1音を示す。ローマ数字では100を表す。温度目盛りのC(摂氏)は、スウェーデンのセルシウスAnders Celsiusにちなんでいる。また、アルファベットで第3番目にあるため、Aが「第一の」「優秀な」を意味するのに対し、Cは「第三の」「劣等な」を意味する。

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