# خ

| خ | U+062E, &#1582; ARABIC LETTER KHAH |
| ← ح [U+062D] | Arabic | د → [U+062F] |
| ﺥ | U+FEA5, &#65189; ARABIC LETTER KHAH ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﺤ [U+FEA4] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺦ → [U+FEA6] |
| ﺦ | U+FEA6, &#65190; ARABIC LETTER KHAH FINAL FORM |
| ← ﺥ [U+FEA5] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺧ → [U+FEA7] |
| ﺧ | U+FEA7, &#65191; ARABIC LETTER KHAH INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﺦ [U+FEA6] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺨ → [U+FEA8] |
| ﺨ | U+FEA8, &#65192; ARABIC LETTER KHAH MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﺧ [U+FEA7] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺩ → [U+FEA9] |

## Arabic
### Etymology

Derived from ح (ḥ), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /x/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢊 (ḥ).

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /xaːʔ/, /χaːʔ/
* (phoneme): IPA: /x/, /χ/

### Letter

خ / خ‍ / ‍خ‍ / ‍خ • (ḵāʔ)
* The seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is خَاء (ḵāʔ), and is preceded by ح (ḥ) and followed by د (d).

### Symbol

خ / خ‍ / ‍خ‍ / ‍خ • (ḵāʔ)
* The twenty-fourth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ث (ṯ) and followed by ذ (ḏ).

### See also

* Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي
* Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
* Search for entries beginning with خ

### References

* Diem, Werner (1980) “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, →DOI, page 74

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /x/, [x]

### Letter

خ (transliteration needed)
* The twelfth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qʰ/, [qʰ~qχ~χ]

### Letter

خ (transliteration needed)
* The fourteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /x/, [x]

### Letter

خ
* The tenth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

#### Usage notes

* This letter is used before the finals -u, -ua, -uai, -uan, -uang, -ui, -un, -uo.

## Hijazi Arabic
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ˈxaːʔ/
* (phoneme): IPA: /x/
* (allophones): IPA: [x], [χ]

### Letter

خ • (ḵāʔ)
* The seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is خَاء (ḵāʔ), and is preceded by ح (ḥāʔ) and followed by د (dāl).

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, هـ, و, ي

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /kʰaj/
* (phoneme): IPA: /kʰ/, /x/

### Letter

خ • (kh)
* The fourteenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ح (h)
* Next letter: د (d)

## Khowar
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /xe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /x/

### Letter

خ (ḵe)
* The tenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ح
* Next letter: ݯ

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [xɔ]
* (Phoneme) IPA: [x]

### Letter

خ / خ‍ / ‍خ‍ / ‍خ
* The eighth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

#### See also

* Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /xe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /x/

### Letter

خ • (xe)
* The twelfth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ح
* Next letter: د

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /xe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /x/

### Letter

خ / خ‍ / ‍خ‍ / ‍خ • (xe)
* The ninth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ح and followed by د.

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* Gurmukhi letter: ਖ਼ (xa)

### Etymology

From Classical Persian خ (xē), from Arabic خ (ḵāʔ).

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /xeː/
* (phoneme): IPA: /x/, [x̠]

### Letter

خ • (xe)
* The tenth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ح (ḥe)
* Next letter: د (dāl)

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /xe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /x/

### Letter

خ • (xe)
* The eighteenth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي
* Previous letter: ح
* Next letter: د

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /xeː/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /x/

### Letter

خ • (xe)
* The tenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ح (h)
* Next letter: د (d)

## Uyghur
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /χe/
* (phoneme): IPA: /χ/

### Letter

خ • (xe)
* The eighth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: چ (ch)
* Next letter: د (d)