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'''D''' is the fourth letter in the ]. Its name in ] is spelled '''dee''' or occasionally '''de''' ({{pronEng|diː}}).<ref>"D" ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' 2nd edition (1989); ''Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1993); "dee," op. cit.</ref>

== History ==
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! Egyptian hieroglyph <br>door
! Proto-Semitic <br>Dal, Daleth
! Phoenician <br>Daleth
! Etruscan <br>D
! Greek <br>Delta
! Roman <br>D
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The Semitic letter ] probably developed from the ] for a fish or a door. There are various ]s that might have inspired this. In Semitic, Ancient Greek, and Latin, the letter was pronounced /d/; in the ] the letter was superfluous, but still maintained (see letter ]). Greek letter: ] (capital) or δ (small) (Delta).{{Fact|date=September 2007}}

The ] (lower-case) form of D consists of a loop and a tall ] stroke. It developed by gradual variations on the majuscule (capital) form. In handwriting, it was common to start the arc to the left of the vertical stroke, resulting in a ] at the top of the arc. This serif was extended while the rest of the letter was reduced, resulting in an angled stroke and loop. The angled stroke slowly developed into a vertical stroke.

==Usage==
In most languages using the Latin alphabet, the letter ''d'' represents the sound {{IPA|/d/}}, but in the ] it represents the sound {{IPA|/z/}} in the north and {{IPA|/j/}} in the south. At the end of ] words, ''d'' represents {{IPA|/t/}}. In ] it stands for the ] stop {{IPA|/nd/}}. In some languages where ]less ] stops contrast with voiceless aspirated stops, ''d'' represents an unaspirated {{IPA|/t/}}, while ''t'' represents an aspirated {{IPA|/tʰ/}}. Examples of such languages include ], ], ], and the ] transliteration of ].

==Codes for computing==
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In ] the ] D is codepoint U+0044 and the ] d is U+0064.

The ] code for capital D is 68 and for lowercase the d is 100; or in ] 01000100 and 01100100, respectively.

The ] code for capital D is 196 and for lowercase d is 132.

The ]s in ] and ] are "<tt>&amp;#68;</tt>" and "<tt>&amp;#100;</tt>" for upper and lower case respectively.

== References ==
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==See also==
{{Commons|D}}
*] (Ð, ð)
*] (Đ, đ)
*] ({{Unicode|Ɗ}}, {{Unicode|ɗ}})
*] (Д, д)

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