#letter_of_the_alphabet__letter__alphabetic_character the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters" supertype: grapheme__character__graphic_symbol__graphicsymbol a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters" part of: spelling member of: alphabet subtype: ascender.letter_of_the_alphabet a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters subtype: descender.letter_of_the_alphabet a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters subtype: digraph two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe') subtype: initial the first letter of a word (especially a person's name); "he refused to put the initials FRS after his name" subtype: A the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: B the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: c__C the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: D the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: E the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: F the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: G the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: H the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: i__I the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: J the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: K the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: L the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: M the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: n the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: O the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: P the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: Q the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: R the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: S__s__ the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: T the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: U the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: V the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: W the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: X the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: Y the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet subtype: z__Z__zee__zed the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed but Americans call it zee" subtype: alpha the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: beta the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: gamma the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: delta.letter_of_the_alphabet the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: epsilon the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: zeta the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: eta the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: theta the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: iota the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: kappa the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: lambda.letter_of_the_alphabet the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: mu the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: nu the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: xi the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: omicron the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: pi the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: rho the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: sigma the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: tau the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: upsilon the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: phi the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: chi the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: psi the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: omega the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet subtype: aleph the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: beth the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: gimel the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: daleth the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: he the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: waw the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: zayin the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: heth the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: teth the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: yodh the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: kaph the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: lamedh the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: mem the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: nun.letter_of_the_alphabet the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: samekh the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: ayin the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: pe the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: sadhe the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: qoph the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: resh the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: sin the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: shin.letter_of_the_alphabet the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: taw the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet subtype: polyphone__polyphonicletter a letter that has two or more pronunciations; "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'" subtype: block_letter__blockletter__block_capital__blockcapital a plain hand-drawn letter subtype: vowel a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel subtype: vowel_point__vowelpoint a mark placed below or near a consonant (as in Hebrew or Arabic) to indicate the spoken vowel subtype: consonant.letter_of_the_alphabet a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
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