D/d

Also known as d, dee, Delta, ˈdiː, ᴅ, letter D, delta

D, or d, is the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is dee (pronounced ), plural dees.

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D (or d) is the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, which is used in English and many other languages around the world. It's a fundamental building block of written communication, appearing in countless words across these languages.

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Key facts

Grapheme.name: D
Grapheme.letter: D d
Grapheme.script: Latin script
Grapheme.type: Alphabet
Grapheme.typedesc: ic
Grapheme.language: Latin language
Grapheme.unicode: U+0044, U+0064
Grapheme.alphanumber: 4
Grapheme.number: 4; 500
Grapheme.fam1: K1K2O31
Grapheme.fam2: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Dalet
Grapheme.fam3: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Early Phoenician Dalet
Grapheme.fam4: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Dalet
Grapheme.fam5: Δ δ
Grapheme.fam6: 𐌃
Grapheme.usageperiod: 700 BCE to present
Grapheme.associates: d(x)
Grapheme.direction: Left-to-right

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Image: D cursiva.gif

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Unicode character: ⅾ
Commons category: D
Commons gallery: D
code: D

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History
Use in writing systems
English
Other languages
Other systems
Other uses
Related characters
Descendants and related characters in the Latin alphabet
Ancestors and siblings in other alphabets
Derived signs, symbols and abbreviations
Other representations
Computing <span class="anchor" id="Computing codes"></span>
Other
References
External links

==History== {| class="wikitable skin-invert-image" |- style="text-align:center;" ! Egyptian hieroglyph door, fish ! Phoenician daleth ! Western GreekDelta ! Etruscan D ! Latin D |- style="text-align:center;" |O31K1K2 | frameless|35x35px | 50px | 30px | x30px|Latin D |}