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Translingual
Alternative forms
- (IPA): ꭓ
Pronunciation
IPA (file)
Symbol
χ
- (IPA) a voiceless uvular fricative.
- (superscript ⟨ᵡ⟩, IPA) [χ]-fricated release of a plosive (e.g. [qᵡ], sometimes implying an affricate [q͡χ]); [χ]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [χ].
- (mathematics) characteristic function (any meaning) or characteristic polynomial
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with κ (k) (the cursive kappa).
See also
- χ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Voiceless uvular fricative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ancient Greek
Letter
χ • (kh) (lowercase, uppercase Χ)
- Lower-case chi (χεῖ), the 22nd letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the voiceless aspirated velar plosive /kʰ/ and later the voiceless velar fricative /x/. It is preceded by φ and followed by ψ.
Greek
Letter
χ • (ch) (lowercase, uppercase Χ)
- The lower case letter chi (χι), the 22nd letter of the modern Greek alphabet.
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