Ḫāʾ
Ḫāʾ | |
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Arabic | خ |
Phonemic representation | x,χ |
Position in alphabet | 24 |
Numerical value | 600 |
Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician |
Ḫāʾ | |
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خ | |
Usage | |
Writing system | Arabic script |
Type | Abjad |
Language of origin | Arabic language |
Sound values | x,χ |
Alphabetical position | 7 |
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Writing direction | Right-to-left |
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Ḫāʾ,Khāʾ,orXe(خ,transliterated asḫ(DIN-31635),ḵ(Hans Wehr),kh(ALA-LC) orẖ(ISO 233)) is one of the six letters theArabic alphabetadded to the twenty-two inherited from thePhoenician alphabet(the others beingṯāʼ,ḏāl,ḍād,ẓāʼ,ġayn). It is based on theḥāʾح.It represents the sound[x]or[χ]inModern Standard Arabic.The pronunciation ofخis very similar to German, Irish, and Polish unpalatalised "ch",Russianх (Cyrillic Kha),GreekχandPeninsular SpanishandSouthern Cone"j".In name and shape, it is a variant ofḥāʾ.South Semiticalso kept the phoneme separate, and it appears asSouth Arabian,Ge'ezḪarmኀ. 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),Kazakhstan(كازاخستان).
Ḫāʾis written is several ways depending in its position in the word:
Position in word | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
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Glyph form: (Help) |
خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |
Character encodings
[edit]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 |
See also
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