Tsade (Tsadik)

Tsade is another character that has a sofit version which only appears at the end of sentences. This is the medial letter that would appear in the middle of a sentence:

Both the medial and sofit versions of the character are pronounced like the 'zz' in the middle of 'pizza' or the 'tz' in 'chintz'. In some academic works, you might see it transliterated as an 's' but the 'zz' or 'tz' version (the latter is commonly favored by non-native speakers) are more widely used nowadays. If however you see either Tsade or Tsade sofit appear with an apostrophe next to it, it changes the sound of the character to be more like 'ch' as in 'much' or 'chocolate'.

Introduction to Reading Hebrew
The first basics
The Hebrew AlephBet
The Letters of the AlephBet
Aleph
Bet (Beyt)
Gimmel
Dalet
Hey
Vav
Zayin
Chet
Tet
Yod
Kaf
Lamed
Mem
Nun
Samekh
Ayin
Pey (Fey)
Tsade (Tsadik)
Qof
Resh
Shin
Tav
The Significance of the Alephbet
The Basics of Hebrew Verbs
The Hebrew Verb Subject
The Hebrew Verb Object
Hebrew Verb Tenses
Hebrew Verb Voices and Moods
Hebrew Verb Participles
The Infinite Verb Version
Hebrew Nouns
Hebrew Noun Constructs
Using Prefixes With Nouns
Hebrew Pronouns
Hebrew Plural Nouns
Hebrew Adjectives
Identifying Hebrew Questions
Adverbs, Prepositions and Conjunctions
Hebrew Reading Conclusion