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A bar or stroke is a modification consisting of a line drawn through a grapheme
Grapheme

In typography, a grapheme is the fundamental unit in writing systems. Graphemes include letter , Chinese characters, numerals, punctuation marks, and all the individual symbols of any of the world's writing systems....
. It may be used as a diacritic
Diacritic

A diacritic is a small sign added to a letter to alter pronunciation or to distinguish between similar words. The term derives from the Greek language d?a???t???? ....
 to derive new letters from old ones, or simply as an addition to make a grapheme more distinct from others.

A stroke is sometimes drawn through the numbers 7
7 (number)

7 is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8 . It is the smallest positive integer to be spoken with two syllables when pronounced in English....
 and 0
0 (number)

0 is both a number and the numerical digit used to represent that number in numeral system. It plays a central role in mathematics as the additive identity of the integers, real numbers, and many other algebraic structures....
, to make them more distinguishable.

In phonetic transcription
Phonetic transcription

Phonetic transcription is the visual system of symbolization of the sounds occurring in spoken human language. The most common type of phonetic transcription uses a phonetic alphabet ....
, a stroke through a letter often indicates that the sound is a fricative
Fricative consonant

Fricatives are consonants produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two Place of articulation close together. These may be the lower lip against the upper teeth, in the case of ; the back of the tongue against the soft palate, in the case of German language , the final consonant of Bach; or the side of the tongue ag...
.

For the specific usages of various letters with bars and strokes, see their individual articles:








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A bar or stroke is a modification consisting of a line drawn through a grapheme
Grapheme

In typography, a grapheme is the fundamental unit in writing systems. Graphemes include letter , Chinese characters, numerals, punctuation marks, and all the individual symbols of any of the world's writing systems....
. It may be used as a diacritic
Diacritic

A diacritic is a small sign added to a letter to alter pronunciation or to distinguish between similar words. The term derives from the Greek language d?a???t???? ....
 to derive new letters from old ones, or simply as an addition to make a grapheme more distinct from others.

A stroke is sometimes drawn through the numbers 7
7 (number)

7 is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8 . It is the smallest positive integer to be spoken with two syllables when pronounced in English....
 and 0
0 (number)

0 is both a number and the numerical digit used to represent that number in numeral system. It plays a central role in mathematics as the additive identity of the integers, real numbers, and many other algebraic structures....
, to make them more distinguishable.

In phonetic transcription
Phonetic transcription

Phonetic transcription is the visual system of symbolization of the sounds occurring in spoken human language. The most common type of phonetic transcription uses a phonetic alphabet ....
, a stroke through a letter often indicates that the sound is a fricative
Fricative consonant

Fricatives are consonants produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two Place of articulation close together. These may be the lower lip against the upper teeth, in the case of ; the back of the tongue against the soft palate, in the case of German language , the final consonant of Bach; or the side of the tongue ag...
.

For the specific usages of various letters with bars and strokes, see their individual articles:

Latin alphabet

  • A ?
  • B ?
  • C ?
  • D ?
  • E ?
  • G ?
  • H ?
  • I ?
  • J ?
  • K ? K with stroke
    K with stroke

    K with stroke is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from K with the addition of a bar through the letter.It was used in Latin language as an abbreviation for words that start with k....
  • L ?
  • O ?
  • P ?
  • Q ? Q with stroke
    Q with stroke

    Q with stroke is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from Q with the addition of a bar through the letter.It was used in Latin language as an abbreviation....
  • R ?
  • T ?
  • U ?
  • Y ?
  • Z ?
  • 2 ?


Cyrillic alphabet

  • ? ?
  • ? ? ,
  • ? ?
  • ? ?
  • ? ?
  • ? ?
  • ? ?

Arabic alphabet

  • Lam ?
  • Ra' ?
  • Waw ?

See also

  • Strikethrough
    Strikethrough

    Strikethrough is a typographical presentation of words with a horizontal line through the center of them. Here is an example.It signifies one of two meanings....

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