letter C

After B, before D

The letter C is the third letter of the English alphabet.

It represents two sounds: a hard sound before A, O, and U cat, cot, cut and a soft sound before E, I, and Y cent, city, cycle.

C appears in common abbreviations and grades vitamin C, a C student, and combined with H creates the ch sound church, cheese.

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G