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General information
Psi /'saɪ/ (uppercase Ψ, lowercase ψ) is the 23rd letter of the and has a  value of 700. In both and, the letter indicates the combination /ps/ (as in English word "").

For Greek loanwords in Latin and modern languages with Latin alphabets, psi is usually transliterated as "ps".

The letter's origin is uncertain. It may or may not derive from the. It appears in the 7th century BC, expressing /ps/ in the Eastern alphabets, but /kʰ/ in the (the sound  expressed by  in the Eastern alphabets). In writing, the early letter appears in an angular shape. There were early graphical variants that omitted the stem ("chickenfoot-shaped psi".

The Western letter (expressing /kʰ/, later /x/) was adopted into the, and its shape is also continued into the rune of the.

Psi, or its Arcadian variant was adopted in the Latin alphabet in the form of “Antisigma” (Ↄ, ↃC, or 𐌟) during the reign of as one of the three. However, it was abandoned after his death.

The classical Greek letter was adopted into the as "".

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