Koppa (letter)
Archaic letter of the Greek alphabet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the archaic Cyrillic symbol, see Koppa (Cyrillic).
Not to be confused with kappa.
Koppa or qoppa (Ï, Ï; as a modern numeral sign: Ï) is a letter that was used in early forms of the Greek alphabet, derived from Phoenician qoph (ð€). It was originally used to denote the /k/ sound, but dropped out of use as an alphabetic character and replaced by Kappa (Î). It has remained in use as a numeral symbol (90) in the system of Greek numerals, although with a modified shape. Koppa is the source of Latin Q, as well as the Cyrillic numeral sign of the same name (Koppa).
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