Q with stroke
Encyclopedia
Q with stroke is a letter of the Latin alphabet
, derived from Q
with the addition of a bar
through the letter.
It was used in Latin as an abbreviation.
It is also used as a phonetic symbol
, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
. It is present in ISO 5426-2 at codepoints 68 (majuscule) and 78 (minuscule).
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most recognized alphabet used in the world today. It evolved from a western variety of the Greek alphabet called the Cumaean alphabet, which was adopted and modified by the Etruscans who ruled early Rome...
, derived from Q
Q
Q is the seventeenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.- History :The Semitic sound value of Qôp was , a sound common to Semitic languages, but not found in English or most Indo-European ones...
with the addition of a bar
Bar (diacritic)
A bar or stroke is a modification consisting of a line drawn through a grapheme. It may be used as a diacritic to derive new letters from old ones, or simply as an addition to make a grapheme more distinct from others....
through the letter.
It was used in Latin as an abbreviation.
It is also used as a phonetic symbol
Phonetic transcription
Phonetic transcription is the visual representation of speech sounds . The most common type of phonetic transcription uses a phonetic alphabet, e.g., the International Phonetic Alphabet....
, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
Computer encoding
Q with stroke is not yet present in UnicodeUnicode
Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...
. It is present in ISO 5426-2 at codepoints 68 (majuscule) and 78 (minuscule).