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This article is about the letter. For other uses, see X (disambiguation).
For technical reasons, ":X" redirects here. For the keyboard symbol, see List of emoticons. For technical reasons, "X#" redirects here. For the programming language, see XSharp.
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 /ˈɛks/), plural exes.[2]
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Usage | |
Writing system | Latin script |
Type | Alphabetic and Logographic |
Language of origin | Latin language Greek language |
Phonetic usage | [x] [χ] [ħ] [kʰ] [ks] [ʃ] [ɕ] [tʼ] [ʒ] [ɖ] [ʔ] [ǁ] [gʒ][1] [kʃ] [d͡z] [d͡ʒ] [t͡s] [t͡ʃ] [sʲ] [z] [gz] [∅] /ɛks/ |
Unicode codepoint | U+0058, U+0078 |
Alphabetical position | 24 |
History | |
Development | |
Time period | ~-700 to present |
Descendants | • × • ⨘ • ⨉ • ⨯ • ✗ • ☒ • ꭓ • X̧ |
Sisters | Х 𐍇 Ⴕ ქ Ⴟ ჯ |
Other | |
Other letters commonly used with | x(x) |
Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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