alphabetic character

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Noun

alphabetic character - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"

letter of the alphabet, letter

spelling - forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage

alphabet - a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language

grapheme, graphic symbol, character - a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"

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); "he refused to put the initials FRS after his 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

x, ex - the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet

wye, y - the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet

ezed, izzard, zed, zee, z - the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard"

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

khi, chi - 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

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