X/x

Also known as x, iks (Latin), ix (Latin), X, Xray, xray

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Grapheme.name: X
Grapheme.letter: X x
Grapheme.script: Latin script
Grapheme.type: Alphabet
Grapheme.typedesc: ic and logographic
Grapheme.language: Latin languageGreek language
Grapheme.unicode: U+0058, U+0078
Grapheme.alphanumber: 24
Grapheme.usageperiod: 700 BCE to present
Grapheme.associates: x(x)
Grapheme.direction: Left-to-right
Grapheme.fam1: 𐊐 χ
Grapheme.fam2: 𐌗
Grapheme.image: File:Latin_letter_X.svg
Grapheme.imageclass: skin-invert-image

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Image: Semaphore X-ray.svg

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Commons category: X
Unicode character: 𝕏
Commons gallery: X
IPA transcription: ʔɪks
code: Xray

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History
Use in writing systems
English
Romance languages
Other languages
Other systems
Other uses
Related characters
Descendants and related characters in the Latin alphabet
Ancestors and siblings in other alphabets
Other representations
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Other
See also
References
External links

X, or x, is the twenty-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 ex (pronounced ), plural exes.

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