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Chi or X is often used to abbreviate the name Christ, as in the holiday Christmas . When fused within a single typeface with the Greek letter rho , it is called the Chi Rho and used to represent the person of Jesus Christ.
ち, in hiragana, or チ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora.Both are phonemically /ti/, reflected in the Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki romanization ti, although, for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is ⓘ, which is reflected in the Hepburn romanization chi.
The Chi Rho (☧, English pronunciation / ˈ k aɪ ˈ r oʊ /; also known as chrismon [1]) is one of the earliest forms of the Christogram, formed by superimposing the first two (capital) letters—chi and rho (ΧΡ)—of the Greek ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ (rom: Christos) in such a way that the vertical stroke of the rho intersects the center of the chi.
The voiceless uvular fricative is a type of consonantal sound that is used in some spoken languages.The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is χ , the Greek chi.
It is also used in broad transcription instead of the symbol χ , the Greek chi, for the voiceless uvular fricative. There is also a voiceless post-velar fricative (also called pre-uvular) in some languages, which can be transcribed as [x̠] or [χ̟]. For voiceless pre-velar fricative (also called post-palatal), see voiceless palatal fricative.
The following pronunciation respelling key is used in some Wikipedia articles to respell the pronunciations of English words. It does not use special symbols or diacritics apart from the schwa (ə), which is used for the first sound in the word "about". See documentation for {} for examples and instructions on using the template.
Chi (池, pinyin: chí) is a Chinese surname. It is also romanized "Chi" (지) in Korean. It is also romanized "Chi" (지) in Korean. Chi is also the Wade–Giles romanization of Pinyin Ji , the pronunciation of several common Chinese surnames.
Ji, also spelled Jee, Chi, or Chee, is a Korean family name, as well as a popular element in Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. Family name