Cedilla
A cedilla is an extra mark added to a letter of the alphabet. People use it when writing in French, Portuguese and a few other languages.[1]
The mark looks like this: (¸) The cedilla is added to the letter 'c'. When a c has a cedilla, that means it is said like an s and not like a k.[1] This is called a soft c.
Cedilla Media
Origin of the cedilla from the Visigothic z
A conventional "ç" and 'modernist' cedilla "c̦" (right). (Helvetica and Akzidenz-Grotesk Book)
