Qoph is the nineteenth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician qōp 𐤒, Hebrew qūp̄ ק, Aramaic qop 𐡒, Syriac qōp̄ ܩ, and Arabic qāf ق.
The Maghribi text renders qāf and fāʼ differently than elsewhere would
In a writing system, a letter is a grapheme that generally corresponds to a phoneme—the smallest functional unit of speech—though there is rarely total one-to-one correspondence between the two. An alphabet is a writing system that uses letters.
Ancient inscription on a vase featuring Greek letters
The American manual alphabet, an example of letters in fingerspelling
Engravings of decorated Latin letters, from the 18th century (note the lack of a J and a U)
Image: Decorated Roman alphabet MET DP855610