Some typefaces have a hook-tailedq . This is especially common in children's books. 
q  (upper case Q 
The seventeenth letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet . Pronunciation of IPA[qɑː, ɑqqɑː]  with the sound[q] :  (file ) 
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( physics ) electric charge Alternative form: Q ( physics ) heat ( fluid dynamics ) dynamic pressure Alternative form: Q ( IPA ,  NAPA ) voiceless uvular plosive .( superscript⟨ 𐞥 ⟩  ) ⟨ 𐞥 ⟩ Other representations of Q: 
q  (lower case ,upper case Q plural qs or q's 
The seventeenthletter  of the Englishalphabet , calledcue Latin script . The name of this letter is spelled "cu cue ku kue kew qu que qew queu queue quew 
( Latin-script  letters) letter A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
Theordinal  numberseventeenth letter  of the Englishalphabet , calledcue Latin script . Abbreviation .
q  (plural q's 
( athletics ) Abbreviation  ofnon-automatic qualification athlete  who qualifies to the next round either by time as afastest loser  (intrack events ) or by position without achieving the qualifying target (infield events )Coordinate term: Q ( “ automatic qualification ” ) Abbreviation  ofquestion Alternative form: Q 2020  August 19, @BRITs ,Twitter [1] We can't BELIEVE it's been #9YearsofLittleMix ?! Aside from the girls slaying every #BRITs look they've had, what's your favemem q !) 👀💖 FromLatin quaque ( “ every ” ) .
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( medicine ) Each ,every  (with a time interval).Alternative form: Q 175 mg/m2 q  3 wks  ―175 mg/m2 every  three weeks q 
( Stenoscript ) q  (upper case Q 
The twenty-thirdletter  of the Albanianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) shkronjë A a B b C c Ç ç D d Dh dh E e Ë ë F f G g Gj gj H h I i J j K k L l Ll ll M m N n Nj nj O o P p Q q R r Rr rr S s Sh sh T t Th th U u V v X x Xh xh Y y Z z Zh zh ( phoneme ) IPA (key ) : [ɡ] ,[χ] ,[ʁ] ( letter name ) IPA (key ) : [ɡeː] ,[ɡɯː] q lower case  (upper case Q 
The seventeenthletter  of the Azerbaijanialphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) hərf A a B b C c Ç ç D d E e Ə ə F f G g Ğ ğ H h X x I ı İ i J j K k Q q L l M m N n O o Ö ö P p R r S s Ş ş T t U u Ü ü V v Y y Z z q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
The eighteenthletter  of the Basquealphabet , calledku Latin script . Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns. ( Latin-script  letters) A  a ,B  b ,C  c  (Ç  ç ),D  d ,E  e ,F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i ,J  j ,K  k ,L  l ,M  m ,N  n ,Ñ  ñ ,O  o ,P  p ,Q  q ,R  r ,S  s ,T  t ,U  u  (Ü  ü ),V  v ,W  w ,X  x ,Y  y ,Z  z q  (uppercase Q 
Aletter  of theBlin  Latin alphabet. q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
The seventeenthletter  of the Catalanalphabet , calledcu Latin script . ( Latin-script  letters) lletres A  a  (À  à ),B  b ,C  c  (Ç  ç ),D  d ,E  e  (É  é ,È  è ),F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i  (Í  í ,Ï  ï ),J  j ,K  k ,L  l  (L·L  l·l ),M  m ,N  n ,O  o  (Ó  ó ,Ò  ò ),P  p ,Q  q ,R  r ,S  s ,T  t ,U  u  (Ú  ú ,Ü  ü ),V  v ,W  w ,X  x ,Y  y ,Z  z q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
The twenty-fifthletter  of the Czechalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) písmeno A a Á á B b C c Č č D d Ď ď E e É é Ě ě F f G g H h Ch ch I i Í í J j K k L l M m N n Ň ň O o Ó ó P p Q q R r Ř ř S s Š š T t Ť ť U u Ú ú Ů ů V v W w X x Y y Ý ý Z z Ž ž q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
The seventeenthletter  of the Dutchalphabet , written in theLatin script . Previous letter:p  Next letter:r  q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
The seventeenthletter  of the Estonianalphabet , calledkuu Latin script . Used only in foreign words. ( Latin-script  letters) täht A  a ,B  b  (C  c ),D  d ,E  e ,F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i ,J  j ,K  k ,L  l ,M  m ,N  n ,O  o ,P  p  (Q  q ),R  r ,S  s ,Š  š ,Z  z ,Ž  ž ,T  t ,U  u ,V  v  (W  w ),Õ  õ ,Ä  ä ,Ö  ö ,Ü  ü  (X  x ,Y  y )The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. Seethe Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information , andq 
Audio( letter name ) ; “ kuu” :  (file ) 
q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
The seventeenthletter  of the Finnishalphabet , calledkuu Latin script . Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwordsqu  is replaced withkv . ( Latin-script  letters) kirjain A  a ,B  b ,C  c ,D  d ,E  e ,F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i ,J  j ,K  k ,L  l ,M  m ,N  n ,O  o ,P  p ,Q  q ,R  r ,S  s  (Š  š ),T  t ,U  u ,V  v  (W  w ),X  x ,Y  y ,Z  z  (Ž  ž ),Å  å ,Ä  ä ,Ö  ö q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
The seventeenthletter  of the Frenchalphabet , written in theLatin script . q  m invariable 
abbreviation  ofquintal Previous letter:p  Next letter:r  q 
romanization of𐌵  q 
The thirteenthletter  of the Greenlandicalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A  a ,E  e ,F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i ,J  j ,K  k ,L  l ,M  m ,N  n ,O  o ,Q  q ,R  r ,S  s ,T  t ,U  u ,V  v q  (upper case Q 
Aletter  of the Heiltsukalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A  a ,Á  á ,A̓  a̓ ,B  b ,C  c ,C̓  c̓ ,D  d ,   ,G  g ,Gv  gv ,Ǧ  ǧ ,Ǧv  ǧv ,H  h ,H̓  h̓ ,Ħ  ħ ,I  i ,Í  í ,I̓  i̓ ,K  k ,Kv  kv ,K̓  k̓ ,K̓v  k̓v ,L  l ,ʼL  l̓ ,Ḷ  ḷ ,Ḷ́  ḷ́ ,ʼḶ  ḷ̓ ,Ɫ  ɫ ,M  m ,ʼM  m̓ ,Ṃ  ṃ ,Ṃ́  ṃ́ ,ʼṂ  ṃ̓ ,N  n ,ʼN  n̓ ,Ṇ  ṇ ,Ṇ́  ṇ́ ,ʼṆ  ṇ̓ ,P  p ,P̓  p̓ ,Q  q ,Qv  qv ,Q̓  q̓ ,Q̓v  q̓v ,S  s ,T  t ,T̓  t̓ ,  ƛ ,̓  ƛ̓ ,U  u ,Ú  ú ,U̓  u̓ ,W  w ,ʼW  w̓ ,X  x ,Xv  xv ,X̌  x̌ ,X̌v  x̌v ,Y  y ,ʼY  y̓ ,Z  z ,ʔ q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
A letter of the extended Hungarianalphabet , calledkú Latin script  .It is a symbol of the (somewhat dated) unit ofmázsa ( 100kilos  or aquintal , approx. twohundredweight  ) .
It occurs in the following terms, along with their derivations and compounds:becquerel , (archaic spelling:boutique  →)butik ,cinquecento ,conditio sine qua non ,denique ,donquijoték ( plural ) ,IQ ,kvad or quad ,quantum satis ,quaestor ,quaestura ,quattrocento ,quisling ,quodlibet ,QR-kód ,squash ,and tequila 
Also in some foreign proper names chiefly from Latin, French, and Spanish, includingAquincum ,Aquinói Szent Tamás ( Thomas Aquinas ) ,Don Quijote ,Dunkerque ,García Márquez ,Jacques Offenbach ,Martinique ,Montesquieu ,Quartier Latin ,Québec ,Quintilianus ,Quintus Pontius Pilatus ,Quito ,Torquato Tasso ,and Velázquez 
( Latin-script  letters) betű A a Á á B b C c Cs cs D d Dz dz Dzs dzs E e É é F f G g Gy gy H h I i Í í J j K k L l Ly ly M m N n Ny ny O o Ó ó Ö ö Ő ő P p R r S s Sz sz T t Ty ty U u Ú ú Ü ü Ű ű V v Z z Zs zs Only in the extended alphabet: Q  q W  w X  x Y  y Commonly used:  ch Also defined:  à  ë In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts  ÿ q  in Géza Bárczi ,László Országh ,et al. , editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára  [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN . ( context pronunciation, always found before the letterU  ) IPA (key ) : /kw/ ( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /kwe/ q  (upper case Q 
The seventeenthletter  of the Idoalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) litero A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z ( context pronunciation ) IPA (key ) : /k/ ( in some loanwords from local languages, such as placenames ) IPA (key ) : /ʔ/ ( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /ki/ q  (upper case Q 
The seventeenthletter  of the Indonesianalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) huruf A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z From similarity pronunciation ofq -ku 
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( text messaging ,  slang ) abbreviation  ofaku q  (upper case Q 
Aletter  of the Inupiaqalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /ˈku/ ( phonemic realization ) IPA (key ) : /kw/ q  f or m invariable ,lower case ,upper case Q 
The fifteenthletter  of the Italianalphabet , calledcu Latin script . Borrowed  fromTagalog q English q 
( letter name ) IPA (key ) : /ˈkju/ [ˈk̠ju] ( phoneme ) IPA (key ) : /k/ [k̠̚] q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
The nineteenthletter  of the Kankanaeyalphabet , calledkyu Latin script . ( Latin-script  letters) letra A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n Ñ ñ Ng ng O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016 ),Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy  [Kankanaey Orthography [2] →ISBN 10-11  q 
The voiceless stop/k͡p/ , vs. curly-tail⟨ ɋ ⟩ , which is voiced/ɡ͡b/ . ⟨ ḵ ⟩  in Uʼmista orthography (standard Kwakʼwala)q  (upper case Q 
( Liqʼwala dialect ) Aletter  of the Kwak'walaalphabet , written in theLatin script . Uʼmista ( Latin-script  letters) A  a ,A̱  a̱ ,B  b ,D  d ,Dł  dł ,Dz  dz ,E  e ,G  g ,Gw  gw ,G̱  g̱ ,G̱w  g̱w ,H  h ,I  i ,K  k ,Kw  kw ,K̓  k̓ ,K̓w  k̓w ,Ḵ  ḵ ,Ḵw  ḵw ,Ḵ̓  ḵ̓ ,Ḵ̓w  ḵ̓w ,L  l ,ʼL  ʼl ,Ł  ł ,M  m ,ʼM  ʼm ,N  n ,ʼN  ʼn ,O  o ,P  p ,P̓  p̓ ,S  s ,T  t ,T̓  t̓ ,Tł  tł ,T̓ł  t̓ł ,Ts  ts ,T̓s  t̓s ,U  u ,W  w ,ʼW  ʼw ,X  x ,Xw  xw ,X̱  x̱ ,X̱w  x̱w ,Y  y ,ʼY  ʼy ,ʼ Liq̓ʷala ( Latin-script  letters) A  a ,Ə  ə ,B  b ,D  d ,   ,Dᶻ  dᶻ ,E  e ,G  g ,Gʷ  gʷ ,Ǧ  ǧ ,Ǧʷ  ǧʷ ,H  h ,I  i ,K  k ,Kʷ  kʷ ,K̓  k̓ ,K̓ʷ  k̓ʷ ,Q  q ,Qʷ  qʷ ,Q̓  q̓ ,Q̓ʷ  q̓ʷ ,L  l ,L̓  l̓ ,Ł  ł ,M  m ,M̓  m̓ ,N  n ,N̓  n̓ ,O  o ,P  p ,P̓  p̓ ,S  s ,T  t ,T̓  t̓ ,  ƛ ,̓  ƛ̓ ,C  c ,C̓  c̓ ,U  u ,W  w ,W̓  w̓ ,X  x ,Xʷ  xʷ ,X̌  x̌ ,X̌ʷ  x̌ʷ ,Y  y ,Y̓  y̓ ,ʔ q 
A letter of the Latin alphabet. q 
The thirty-firstletter  of theLushootseed  alphabet. q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
The seventeenthletter  of the Malayalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z ContinuesArabic ق ( q ) .
q  (upper case Q 
The twenty-firstletter  of the Maltesealphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) ittra A a B b Ċ ċ D d E e F f Ġ ġ G g Għ għ H h Ħ ħ I i Ie ie J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Ż ż Z z q  (uppercase Q 
Aletter  of theMam  alphabet. q 
The seventeenthletter  of the Norwegianalphabet , written in theLatin script . Rare in written Norwegian, only used in a limited number of loanwords. q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
The seventeenthletter  of the Portuguesealphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) letra A  a  (Á  á ,À  à ,  â ,à  ã ),B  b ,C  c  (Ç  ç ),D  d ,E  e  (É  é ,Ê  ê ),F  f ,G  g ,H  h ,I  i  (Í  í ),J  j ,K  k ,L  l ,M  m ,N  n ,O  o  (Ó  ó ,Ô  ô ,Õ  õ ),P  p ,Q  q ,R  r ,S  s ,T  t ,U  u  (Ú  ú ),V  v ,W  w ,X  x ,Y  y ,Z  z q 
( Internet slang ,  text messaging ) abbreviation  ofque ( Internet slang ,  text messaging ) abbreviation  ofquê ( “ what ” ) IPA (key ) : ( after n ) /ɡ/ ,( after any other letter ) /k/ q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
( International Standard ) Used to represent the dative and genitive cases. ( Latin-script  letters) A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h X x I i J j K k Kh kh L l M m N n O o P p Ph ph R r S s T t Th th U u V v Z z International Standard: (À  à ,Ä  ä ,Ǎ  ǎ ),Ć  ć ,Ćh  ćh , (È  è ,Ë  ë ,Ě  ě ), (Ì  ì ,Ï  ï ,Ǐ  ǐ ), (Ò  ò ,Ö  ö ,Ǒ  ǒ ),Rr  rr ,Ś  ś , (Ù  ù ,Ü  ü ,Ǔ  ǔ ),Ź  ź ,Ʒ  ʒ ,Q  q ,Ç  ç ,ϴ  θ  .Pan-Vlax: Č  č ,Čh  čh ,Dž  dž , (Dź  dź ),Ř  ř ,Š  š , (Ś  ś ),Ž  ž , (Ź  ź )Yūsuke Sumi (2018 ), “-q- ”, inニューエクスプレス ロマ(ジプシー)語 New Express Romani (Gypsy) →ISBN 15  q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
The twentiethletter  of the Romanianalphabet , calledchiu Latin script . Used chiefly in loanwords. Thedigraph qu  is pronounced/kw/ ,/kv/ , or/kʲ/ . ( Latin-script  letters) A a Ă ă Â â B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i Î î J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s Ș ș T t Ț ț U u V v W w X x Y y Z z q  (upper case Q 
The thirtiethletter  of the Slovakalphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) písmeno A a Á á Ä ä B b C c Č č D d Ď ď Dz dz Dž dž E e É é F f G g H h Ch ch I i Í í J j K k L l Ĺ ĺ Ľ ľ M m N n Ň ň O o Ó ó Ô ô P p Q q R r Ŕ ŕ S s Š š T t Ť ť U u Ú ú V v W w X x Y y Ý ý Z z Ž ž q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
The eighteenthletter  of the Spanishalphabet , written in theLatin script . q 
( Internet slang ,  text messaging ) abbreviation  ofque ( “ that ” ) Hay un policía en la rutaq  más uso.  ―There's a cop on the routethat  I use the most. ( Internet slang ,  text messaging ) abbreviation  ofqué ( “ what ” ) q  pasó?what  happened?Borrowed  fromSpanish q 
Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglish q  Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanish q  ( Standard Tagalog ) IPA (key ) : /ˈkju/ [ˈkju] ( letter name, Filipino alphabet ) IPA (key ) : /ˈku/ [ˈku] ( letter name, Abecedario ) IPA (key ) : /k/ [k] ( phoneme, usually together with u ) IPA (key ) : /kw/ [kw] ( phoneme, before u, English unadapted loanwords ) q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
The nineteenthletter  of the Tagalogalphabet  (theFilipino alphabet ), calledkyu Latin script . ( historical ) The twentiethletter  of the Tagalogalphabet  (theAbecedario ), calledcu Latin script . This letter is mostly used only in proper nouns, unadapted loanwords, or Spanish-based spellings. ( Latin-script  letters) titik A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n Ñ ñ Ng ng O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z “q ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018  q  (uppercase Q 
Theletter  of the Võroalphabet , written in theLatin script . q  (lower case ,upper case Q 
The seventeenthletter  of the Zulualphabet , written in theLatin script . ( Latin-script  letters) A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z