alphabetic character

Noun
  1. The conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech (synset 106841868)
    "his grandmother taught him his letters"
    is a type of: character, graph, grapheme, graphic symbol - a written symbol that is used to represent speech
    subtypes:
    • ascender - a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
    • descender - a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
    • digram, digraph - two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')
    • initial - the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
    • a - the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet
    • b - the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet
    • c - the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
    • d - the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • e - the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • f - the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • g - the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • h - the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • i - the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • j - the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • k - the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • l - the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • m - the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • n - the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • o - the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • p - the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • q - the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • r - the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • s - the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • t - the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • u - the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet
    • v - the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet
    • double-u, w - the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet
    • ex, x - the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • wye, y - the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • ezed, izzard, z, zed, zee - the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet
    • alpha - the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
    • beta - the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
    • gamma - the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    • delta - the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • epsilon - the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • zeta - the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • eta - the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • theta - the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • iota - the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • kappa - the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • lambda - the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • mu - the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • nu - the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • xi - the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • omicron - the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • pi - the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • rho - the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • sigma - the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • tau - the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • upsilon - the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet
    • phi - the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet
    • chi, khi - the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet
    • psi - the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet
    • omega - the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet
    • aleph - the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • beth - the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • gimel - the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • daleth - the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • he - the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • waw - the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • zayin - the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • heth - the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • teth - the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • yodh - the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • kaph - the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • lamedh - the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • mem - the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • nun - the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • samekh - the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • ayin - the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • pe - the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • sadhe - the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • qoph - the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • resh - the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • sin - the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • shin - the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • taw - the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
    • polyphone, polyphonic letter - a letter that has two or more pronunciations
    • block capital, block letter - a plain hand-drawn letter
    • vowel - a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
    • consonant - a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
    belongs to: alphabet - a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
    is a part of: spelling - forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
    same as: letter, letter of the alphabet

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