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San (Ϻ) is an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet. Its shape is similar to Latin M and Greek mu ( Μ ), and can be described as a sigma ( Σ ) turned sideways. It was used as an alternative to sigma to denote the sound /s/ .
The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC. [2] [3] It was derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet, [4] and is the earliest known alphabetic script to systematically write vowels as well as consonants. [5]
Nonstandard letter for Cypriot Greek representing /pʲ/ [9] ῤ: Rho with smooth breathing: Archaic letter denoting /r/, [11] Ῥῥ: Rho with rough breathing: Archaic letter denoting /r̥/ [11] Ṗρ̇: Rho with dot above: Arvanitika letter for /r/ [7] Σ̌σ̌ς̌: Sigma with caron: Nonstandard letter for Cypriot Greek [9] and Pontic Greek ...
The OpenType font format has the feature tag "mgrk" ("Mathematical Greek") to identify a glyph as representing a Greek letter to be used in mathematical (as opposed to Greek language) contexts. The table below shows a comparison of Greek letters rendered in TeX and HTML. The font used in the TeX rendering is an italic style.
Xi (/ z aɪ / ZY or /(k) s aɪ / (K)SY; [1] [2] uppercase Ξ, lowercase ξ; Greek: ξι) is the fourteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless consonant cluster. Its name is pronounced in Modern Greek. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 60. Xi was derived from the Phoenician letter samekh.
In 1963, Kawasaki and Meguro merged to form Kawasaki Motorcycle Co., Ltd. [4] [5] From 1962 through 1967, Kawasaki motorcycles used an emblem which can be described as a flag within a wing. Work continued on the Meguro K1, a copy of the BSA A7 500 cc vertical twin [ 6 ] and on the W1 .
Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols is a Unicode block comprising styled forms of Latin and Greek letters and decimal digits that enable mathematicians to denote different notions with different letter styles. The letters in various fonts often have specific, fixed meanings in particular areas of mathematics.
Zeta (UK: / ˈ z iː t ə /, US: / ˈ z eɪ t ə /; [1] uppercase Ζ, lowercase ζ; Ancient Greek: ζῆτα, Demotic Greek: ζήτα, classical [d͡zɛ̌ːta] or zē̂ta; Modern Greek: zíta) is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 7. It was derived from the Phoenician letter zayin.