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Also known as ARABIC LETTER KHAH, khah, khāʾ, ḫāʾ

''' or (, transliterated as (DIN-31635), (Hans Wehr), (ALA-LC) or (ISO 233)) is one of the six letters the Arabic alphabet added to the twenty-two inherited from the Phoenician alphabet (the others being , , , , ). It is based on the ' . It is related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪍‎‎‎, South Arabian , and Ge'ez .

Key facts

Semitic letter.previousletter
Ṯāʾ
Semitic letter.previouslink
Ṯāʾ
Semitic letter.nextletter
Ḏāl
Semitic letter.nextlink
Ḏāl
Semitic letter.letname
Ḫāʾ
Semitic letter.archar
خ
Semitic letter.ipa
x, χ
Semitic letter.num
24
Semitic letter.gem
600
Semitic letter.gechar
Grapheme.name
Ḫāʾ خَاء
Grapheme.letter
خ
Grapheme.script
Arabic script
Grapheme.type
Abjad
Grapheme.language
Arabic language
Grapheme.phonemes
,
Grapheme.alphanumber
7
Grapheme.direction
Right-to-left

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