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J

J

3 4.3
The tenth letter of the English alphabet
  • noun
  • /dʒeɪ/
translation icon : J
  • In the word "jam," the first letter is J.

So I'm getting all the stories from Sean J about Smoke.

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Examples

Compounds

1 4.6

The day in 1945 when the Allies defeated Japan at the end of World War II

J particle
  • Specialized
9.9

A heavy neutral particle made of a charm quark and its antiparticle

the j-word
  • NSFW
9.9

A polite way to talk about a sensitive word that starts with J

Surface Forms

J singular
Js plural

Etymology

J began as a form of the letter I; scribes added a long tail to show a different sound, and that 'tailed I' later became a separate letter, so J is now the tenth letter.