Q is the seventeenth (number 17) letter in the English alphabet. It is nearly always followed by a silent letter U. Q makes a kw sound as in quick or a k sound as in unique.

Some people say that the letter Q is not needed, because the sound it makes can be made with C or K and W instead. The same thing is said about the letter X.

Below are some ancient ways of writing Q:

Egyptian hieroglyph Q	Phoenician Q	Etruscan Q	Greek Qoppa

• In chess, Q is used to mean the queen piece.
• In English, Q can be a short letter for 'question'.
• In a deck of playing cards, Q is used to mark each of the queens.
• In science fiction, Q is a character in several Star Trek television shows.
• Q is also the name of a character in the James Bond film series, who was played by Desmond Llewelyn (and John Cleese after Desmond Llewelyn died).
• In Internet slang, "q" is used for the Spanish word "que", which means "that", "which", or "what".
• In physics, q is used to mean charge^[1]

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