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This article is about the letter of the alphabet. For other uses, see D (disambiguation).
D, or d, is the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is dee (pronounced /ˈdiː/), plural dees.[1]
For technical reasons, "D#" redirects here. For D-sharp, see D♯ (disambiguation).
For technical reasons, ":D" redirects here. For the keyboard symbol, see List of emoticons.
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Writing system | Latin script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Latin language |
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Unicode codepoint | U+0044, U+0064 |
Alphabetical position | 4 Numerical value: 4 |
History | |
Development | |
Time period | ~-700 to present |
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Other letters commonly used with | d(x) |
Associated numbers | 4 |
Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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