Q/q

Also known as q, Q, Quebec, quebec

Q, or q, is the seventeenth 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 pronounced , most commonly spelled cue, but also kew, kue, and que.

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Q is the seventeenth letter of the alphabet used in English and many other languages around the world. It matters because it is a fundamental building block of written language, allowing us to spell and communicate words that contain this letter sound.

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Grapheme.name: Q
Grapheme.letter: Q q
Grapheme.script: Latin script
Grapheme.type: Alphabet
Grapheme.typedesc: ic and logographic
Grapheme.language: Greek languageLatin language
Grapheme.phonemes: (Table)[] []
Grapheme.unicode: U+0051, U+0071
Grapheme.alphanumber: 17
Grapheme.fam1: O34V24
Grapheme.fam2: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Proto-Sinaitic Qup
Grapheme.fam3: class=skin-invert-image|20px
Grapheme.fam4: class=skin-invert-image|20px|Phoenician Qoph
Grapheme.fam5: 𐌒
Grapheme.usageperiod: Unknown to present
Grapheme.children: ƢɊ℺Ԛ
Grapheme.sisters: ΦФקقܩࠒ𐎖ቀՓ փՖ ֆ
Grapheme.associates: q(x)

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Wikidata facts

Image: Semaphore Quebec.svg

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Unicode character: 🅀
Commons category: Q
Commons gallery: Q
code: Q

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History
Typographic variants
Uppercase "Q"
Lowercase "q"
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
See also
Notes
References
External links

==History== {| class="wikitable" ! Egyptian hieroglyphwḏ ! PhoenicianQoph ! Western GreekKoppa ! EtruscanQ ! LatinQ |--- align=center |V24 | class=skin-invert-image|x30px | class=skin-invert-image|x30px | class=skin-invert-image|x30px | class=skin-invert-image|x30px|Latin Q |}