Voiceless alveolopalatal fricative

IPA mark	ɕ
IPA number	182
IPA character description	Latin minuscule c WITH CURL
Unicode	U + 0255
HTML (dec.)	& # 597;
X-SAMPA	s\
Kirshenbaum	S;
Audio sample ? / i [ ɕaːʔaɕaː ]

The voiceless fricative alveolopalatale (a voiceless , alveolopalataler fricative ) has the following in different languages phonetic and orthographic realizations:

• Mandarin Chinese ( Pinyin ): x .
  • Example (s): 西 xi
• Conservative Cantonese ( Jyutping ): sh .
  • Example (s): 說 shyut3 (as opposed to 雪 syut3)
  • Note: Since the 1950s, most dictionaries have given up the distinction between c [tsʰ] and ch [tɕʰ], s [s] and sh [ɕ], z [ts] and zh [tɕ], but they still exist Speakers who clearly differentiate here.
• Japanese : sh before / i / or with the following / j /
  • 死者 / sisja / = [ ɕiɕa ] "dead"
• Polish : ś or si .
  • Example: ś nić (to dream)
• Russian : щ
  • Example: щука = [ ˈɕːʉkə ] "pike"
• Swedish : k before front tongue vowel , kj , tj .
  • Example: kj ol [ɕu: l] (rock) 

• In several German dialects, the light ch is often pronounced like this, e.g. B. in Thuringia . In some dialects this even applies to the / sh /. In this case, both are the same.
  • Example: Ge sch i ch th [ ɡəɕɪɕtʰə ] instead of [ ɡəʃɪçtʰə ]

See also

• consonant

Pulmonary consonants according to IPA (2005)	bilabial		labio- dental		dental		alveolar		post- alveolar		retroflex		palatal		velar		uvular		phase- ryngal		glottal
	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.	stl.	sth.
Plosives	​p​	​b​					​t​	​d​			​ʈ​	​ɖ​	​c​	​ɟ​	​k​	​ɡ​	​q​	​ɢ​			​ʔ​
Nasals		​m​		​ɱ​				​n​				​ɳ​		​ɲ​		​ŋ​		​ɴ​
Vibrants		​ʙ​						​r​										​ʀ​
Taps / flaps				​ⱱ​				​ɾ​				​ɽ​
Fricatives	​ɸ​	​β​	​f​	​v​	​θ​	​ð​	​s​	​z​	​ʃ​	​ʒ​	​ʂ​	​ʐ​	​ç​	​ʝ​	​x​	​ɣ​	​χ​	​ʁ​	​H​	​ʕ​	​H​	​ɦ​
lateral fricatives							​ɬ​	​ɮ​
Approximants				​ʋ​				​ɹ​				​ɻ​		​j​		​w​ ¹
lateral approximants								​l​				​ɭ​		​ʎ​		​ʟ​
¹ The labialised variant [ w ] was inserted here as a voiced velar approximant ( half vowel ) instead of the non-labialised variant [ ɰ ].