X (&ebreve;ks). X, the twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, has three sounds; a compound nonvocal sound (that of ks), as in wax;
a compound vocal sound (that of gz), as in example; and, at the beginning of a word, a simple vocal sound (that of z), as in xanthic. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 217, 270,
271. The form and value of
X are from the Latin X, which is from
the Greek Χ, which in some
Greek alphabets had the value of
ks, though in the one now in common use
it represents an aspirated sound of k.
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