Latin Small Letter Q

Part of Basic ASCII: Alt 33 to 126

On Windows, hold Alt and type 113 on the numeric keypad to insert latin small letter q.

Alt code
Alt+113
HTML entity
q
Unicode
U+0071

About this symbol

In English, q is almost always followed by u, a habit inherited from Latin, where qu stood for the kw sound. Words without it, such as qi and Qatar, are mostly borrowed from other languages, which makes them favourites in Scrabble.

Unicode facts

Official name
LATIN SMALL LETTER Q
Type
Lowercase letter
Unicode block
Basic Latin
Unicode group
Lowercase Latin alphabet
Added in
Unicode 1.1 (1993)
Capital form
Q Latin Capital Letter Q U+0051
Related
ԛ Cyrillic Small Letter Qa U+051B

Click the symbol or any value at the top of the page to copy it. See the full Basic ASCII: Alt 33 to 126 chart for related characters.

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