Qoppa_(letter) Qoppa_(letter)

Qoppa (letter) - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Rd, Rfd, Acknowledgment, Advice, Airmail, Alphabet, Answer, Art, Article, Autograph, Back, Beard, Belly, Billet, Blueprint, Body, Cap
Greek alphabet
Α α Alpha Β β Beta
Γ γ Gamma Δ δ Delta
Ε ε Epsilon Ϝ ϝ Digamma
Ζ ζ Zeta Η η Eta
Θ θ Theta Ι ι Iota
Κ κ Kappa Λ λ Lambda
Μ μ Mu Ν ν Nu
Ξ ξ Xi Ο ο Omicron
Π π Pi Ϻ ϻ San
Ϙ ϙ Qoppa Ρ ρ Rho
Σ σ Sigma Τ τ Tau
Υ υ Upsilon Φ φ Phi
Χ χ Chi Ψ ψ Psi
Ω ω Omega Ϡ ϡ Sampi


Qoppa is an obsolete letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 90. Greek never used the sound it represented, a uvular plosive. There are two very different glyphs for qoppa: "archaic Qoppa" (Ϙ ϙ) used to write words and "Numeric Qoppa" (Ϟ ϟ) used in modern Greek legal documentation.

See also

External links

  • "Q Followed by U" (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-que.htm), the evolution of Qoppa, before and after Greek.

Example Usage of (letter)
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