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Q

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The Latin alphabet
Aa Bb Cc Dd
Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj
Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp
Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv
Ww Xx Yy Zz

Q is the seventeenth (number 17) letter in the English alphabet. It is nearly always followed by a silent letter U. Q makes a kw sound as in quick or a k sound as in unique.

Some people say that the letter Q is not needed, because the sound it makes can be made with C or K and W instead. The same thing is said about the letter X.

Below are some ancient ways of writing Q:

Egyptian hieroglyph Q Phoenician Q Etruscan Q Greek Qoppa
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Meanings for Q

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References

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  1. "Electric Charge (Q or q)" (PDF). www.physics.sfsu.edu. San Francisco State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2016.