Editing G (section)

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{{short description|7th letter of the Latin alphabet}}
{{About|the letter of the alphabet}}
{{Technical reasons|G#|the musical note|G♯ (musical note)}}
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{{Infobox grapheme
|name = G
|letter=G g
|script=[[Latin script]]
|type=[[Alphabet]]
|typedesc=ic 
|language=[[Latin language]]
|phonemes={{flex list|[{{IPAlink|ɡ}}]|[{{IPAlink|d͡ʒ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ʒ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ŋ}}]|[{{IPAlink|j}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɣ}}~{{IPAlink|ʝ}}]|[{{IPAlink|x}}~{{IPAlink|χ}}]|[{{IPAlink|d͡z}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɟ}}]|[{{IPAlink|k}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɠ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɢ}}]|[{{IPAlink|z}}]|{{IPAc-en|dʒ|iː}}}}
|unicode=U+0047, U+0067, U+0261
|alphanumber=7
|number=
|fam1=[[File:Camelus bactrianus-sil.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Pictogram of a Camel]] (speculated origin)
|fam2=<hiero>T14</hiero>
|fam3=[[File:Proto-semiticG-01.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Gimel]]
|fam4=[[File:phoenician gimel.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Gimel]]
|fam5=[[File:Greek Gamma 03.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Early Greek Gamma]]
|fam6=[[File:Early Etruscan C.svg|class=skin-invert-image|20px|Early Etruscan C]]
|fam7=[[Gamma|Γ γ]]
|fam8=[[𐌂]]
|fam9=[[C]]
|usageperiod= {{circa}} 300 BCE to present
|children={{flex list|[[₲]]|[[Ȝ]]|[[Ᵹ]]|[[File:Looptail g.svg|class=skin-invert-image|10px]]}}
|sisters={{flex list|[[C]]|[[Г]]|[[ࠂ]]|[[Gimel|ℷ]]|[[𐡂]]|[[wikt:Գ|Գ]] [[wikt:գ|գ]]|[[Gimel|(ג ﺝ ﮒ ܓ)]]}}
|equivalents=[[C]]
|associates=[[Gh (digraph)|gh]], [[List of Latin-script digraphs#G|g(x)]]
|direction=Left-to-right
|image=File:Latin_letter_G.svg
|imageclass=skin-invert-image
}}
{{Latin letter info|g}}

'''G''', or '''g''', is the seventh [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]] of the [[Latin alphabet]], used in the [[English alphabet|modern English alphabet]], the alphabets of other western [[Languages of Europe|European languages]], and others worldwide. Its name in English is [[English alphabet#Letter names|''gee'']] (pronounced {{IPAc-en|'|dʒ|iː|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-G.wav}}), plural ''gees''.<ref>''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language''. 1976.</ref>

The [[Letter case|lowercase]] version can be written in two forms: the single-storey (sometimes "opentail") [[File:Opentail g.svg|class=skin-invert-image|5px]] and the double-storey (sometimes "looptail") [[File:Looptail g.svg|class=skin-invert-image|6px]]. The former is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children.