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Qoph Letter

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Qoph or Qop (Phoenician Qōp ) is the nineteenth letter of the Semitic abjads. Aramaic Qop is derived from the Phoenician letter, and derivations from Aramaic include Hebrew Qof ק, Syriac Qōp̄ ܩ and Arabic Qāf ق.

Its original sound value was a West Semitic emphatic stop, presumably [kʼ] or [q]. In Hebrew gematria, it has the numerical value of 100.

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Asymmetric, Open shape, Monochrome, Contains both straight and curved lines, Has no crossing lines.

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