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| Ḫāʾ | |
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| Arabic | خ |
| Geʽez | ኀ |
| Phonemic representation | x,χ |
| Position in alphabet | 24 |
| Numerical value | 600 |
| Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
| Ḫāʾ خَاء | |
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| خ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Arabic script |
| Type | Abjad |
| Language of origin | Arabic language |
| Sound values | x,χ |
| Alphabetical position | 7 |
| History | |
| Development | 𐤇
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| Other | |
| Writing direction | Right-to-left |
| This article containsphonetic transcriptions in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, seeHelp:IPA. For the distinction between[ ],/ / and ⟨ ⟩, seeIPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. | |
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Arabic script |
Ḫāʾ,Khāʾ, orXe (خ, transliterated asḫ (DIN-31635),ḵ (Hans Wehr),kh (ALA-LC) orẖ (ISO 233)) is one of the six letters theArabic alphabet added to the twenty-two inherited from thePhoenician alphabet (the others beingṯāʼ,ḏāl,ḍād,ẓāʼ,ġayn). It is based on theḥāʾ ح. It is related to theAncient North Arabian 𐪍,South Arabian𐩭, andGe'ezኀ.
It represents the sound[x] or[χ] inModern Standard Arabic. The pronunciation ofخ is very similar to German, Irish, and Polish unpalatalised "ch",[1] Russianх (Cyrillic Kha), Greekχ andPeninsular Spanish andSouthern Cone "j". In name and shape, it is a variant ofḥāʾ.South Semitic also kept the phoneme separate, and it appears asSouth Arabian
,Ge'ezḪarm ኀ. Its numerical value is 600 (seeAbjad numerals). In most European languages, it is mostly romanized as thedigraphkh.
When representing this sound in transliteration of Arabic into Hebrew, it is written as ח׳.
The most common transliteration in English is "kh", e.g.Khartoum (الخرطومal-Kharṭūm),Sheikh (شيخ).
Ḫāʾ is written is several ways depending on its position in the word:
| Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
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| Glyph form: (Help) | خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |
Ḫā is not related with the letterX, Ḫā has no derivatives.
| Preview | خ | ﺥ | ﺦ | ﺧ | ﺨ | |||||
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| Unicode name | ARABIC LETTER KHAH | ARABIC LETTER KHAH ISOLATED FORM | ARABIC LETTER KHAH FINAL FORM | ARABIC LETTER KHAH INITIAL FORM | ARABIC LETTER KHAH MEDIAL FORM | |||||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1582 | U+062E | 65189 | U+FEA5 | 65190 | U+FEA6 | 65191 | U+FEA7 | 65192 | U+FEA8 |
| UTF-8 | 216 174 | D8 AE | 239 186 165 | EF BA A5 | 239 186 166 | EF BA A6 | 239 186 167 | EF BA A7 | 239 186 168 | EF BA A8 |
| Numeric character reference | خ | خ | ﺥ | ﺥ | ﺦ | ﺦ | ﺧ | ﺧ | ﺨ | ﺨ |
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