Editing X (section)

{{Short description|24th letter of the Latin alphabet}}
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{{Infobox grapheme
|name=X
|letter=X x
|script=[[Latin script]]
|type=[[Alphabet]]
|typedesc=ic and [[logographic]]
|language=[[Latin language]]<br>[[Greek language]]
|phonemes={{flex list|[{{IPAlink|x}}]|[{{IPAlink|χ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ħ}}]|[{{IPAlink|kʰ}}]|[{{IPAlink|k}}{{IPAlink|s}}]|[{{IPAlink|ʃ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɕ}}]|[{{IPAlink|tʼ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ʒ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɖ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ʔ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ǁ}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɡ}}{{IPAlink|ʒ}}]<ref>as in the [[English Language|English]] word [[wikt:luxurious|''lu'''xu'''rious'']]</ref>|[{{IPAlink|k|k}}{{IPAlink|ʃ}}]|[{{IPAlink|d͡z}}]|[{{IPAlink|d͡ʒ}}]|[{{IPAlink|t͡s}}]|[{{IPAlink|t͡ʃ}}]|[{{IPAlink|sʲ}}]|[{{IPAlink|z}}]|[{{IPAlink|ɡ}}{{IPAlink|z}}]|{{IPAblink|∅}}|{{IPAc-en|ɛ|k|s}}}}
|unicode=U+0058, U+0078
|alphanumber=24
|number=
|usageperiod= {{circa}} 700 BCE to present
|children={{flex list|[[×]]|[[⨘]]|[[⨉]]|[[⨯]]|[[✗]]|[[☒]]|[[ꭓ]]|[[X̧]]}}
|sisters={{flex list|[[Х]]|[[𐍇]]|[[Ⴕ]] [[ქ]]|[[Ⴟ]] [[ჯ]]}}
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|associates=[[List of Latin-script digraphs#X|x(x)]]
|direction=Left-to-right
|fam1=[[wikt:𓊽|𓊽]]
|fam2=[[wikt:𐤎|𐤎]]
|fam3=[[Xi (letter)|𐊑]]
|fam4=[[Chi (letter)|𐊐]]
|fam5=[[𐌗|𐊐]]
|fam6=
|image=File:Latin_letter_X.svg
|imageclass=skin-invert-image
}}
{{Latin letter info|x}}

'''X''', or '''x''', is the twenty-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 [[Wikt:ex#English|''ex'']] (pronounced {{IPAc-en|'|ɛ|k|s|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-X.wav}}), plural ''exes''.<ref name=":1">"X", ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', 2nd edition (1989); ''Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1993); "ex", ''op. cit''.</ref>