khi
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative spelling of chi (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ), the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
Example Sentences
- "It is known, from the existence in his time¹ of the Delphic tripod, that all these letters existed in 480 B.C. ; but on that monument the Khi and Psi differ from the forms used later."
- "The letters upsilon, phi, khi, psi, δ were Greek additions"
- "Greek scripts display notable local characteristics — principally with regard to the shape of letters but also in the matter of the phonetic values attributed to signs such as san, sigma, khi, and psi."