Editing D (section)

{{short description|4th letter of the Latin alphabet}}
{{About|the letter of the alphabet}}
{{Technical reasons|D#|D-sharp|D♯ (disambiguation)}}
{{Technical reasons|:D|the keyboard symbol|List of emoticons}}
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{{Infobox grapheme
|name = D
|letter = D d
|variations=
|script=[[Latin script]]
|type=[[Alphabet]]
|typedesc=ic
|language=[[Latin language]]
|phonemes={{flex list|[{{IPAlink|d}}]|[{{IPAlink|t}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɗ}}]|[{{IPAlink|z}}~[[Vietnamese phonology#Comparison of initials|j]]]|[{{IPAlink|ⁿ|ⁿd}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɖ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɾ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ð}}~{{IPAlink|ð̞}}~[[Danish phonology#Consonants|ð̠˕ˠ]]]|{{IPAc-en|d|iː}}}}
|unicode=U+0044, U+0064
|alphanumber=4
|number=4
|fam1=<hiero>K1</hiero><hiero>K2</hiero><hiero>O31</hiero>
|fam2=[[Image:Proto-semiticD-02.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Dalet]]
|fam3=[[File:PhoenicianD-01.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Early Phoenician Dalet]]
|fam4=[[Image:Phoenician daleth.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Dalet]]
|fam5=[[Delta (letter)|Δ δ]]
|fam6=[[𐌃]]
|usageperiod= {{circa}} 700 BCE to present
|children={{flex list|[[Ď]]|[[ǅ]]|[[ǲ]]|[[Đ]]|[[Ð]]|[[Ƌ]]|[[Ꭰ]]|[[₫]]|[[∂]]}}
|sisters={{flex list|[[Д]]|[[Dalet|(<span>ד</span> <span>د</span> <span>ܕ</span>)]]|[[wikt:Դ|Դ]]|[[wikt:դ|դ]]|[[Ꭰ]]|[[Ꮫ]]|[[ደ]]}}
|equivalents=
|associates=[[List of Latin-script digraphs#D|d(x)]]
|direction=Left-to-right
|image=Latin_letter_D.svg
|imageclass=skin-invert-image
}}
{{Latin letter info|d}}

'''D''', or '''d''', is the fourth [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]] of the [[Latin alphabet]], used in the [[English alphabet|modern English alphabet]], the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is [[English alphabet#Letter names|''dee'']] (pronounced {{IPAc-en|'|d|iː|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-D.wav}}), plural ''dees''.<ref>"D" ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' 2nd edition (1989); ''[[Merriam-Webster]]'s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1993); "dee", ''op. cit.''</ref>