k

See also Appendix:Variations of "k"

Translingual

Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER K
Codepoint	U+006B
j ← Basic Latin → l

Wikipedia

Letter

k lower case (upper case K)

1. The eleventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Ss  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter K):  Ḱḱ  Ǩǩ  Ķķ  Ḳḳ  Ḵḵ  Ƙƙ  Ⱪⱪ  ᶄᶄ  Ꝁꝁ  ᴋ  Ｋｋ

Other representations of K:

NATO phonetic: Kilo Morse code: –·– Braille: ⠅ ASL Manual: K

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• Uppercase: K
• With cedilla: ķ
• With hook: ƙ
• With háček: ǩ
• With acute: ḱ
• With dot below: ḳ
• With line below: ḵ
• ĸ (kra)
• Κ (kappa)
• К (ka)

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of K, in normal and italic type

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  Uppercase and lowercase K in Fraktur

Pronunciation

• IPA

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Symbol

Wikipedia

k

1. (IPA) voiceless velar plosive.

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: /keɪ/

• Audio (US)

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• Audio (UK)

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Letter

k lowercase (uppercase K)

1. The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
2. The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river.

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Number

k lower case (upper case K)

1. The ordinal number eleventh, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Noun

k (plural ks or k's)

1. The eleventh letter of the English alphabet.
2. (computing) A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB).
3. (colloquial) kilometre or kilometres.

   We drove 15 ks before we realised Billy wasn't in the back seat.

4. (colloquial) thousand or thousands.

   Just about 65 k of Jack's full salaray comes from servicing the Baker account.

5. The SI measurement value of 1,000

Derived terms

• 401k/401(k)

Abbreviation

k

1. See K
2. (colloquial, text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of okay. (Also spelled 'kay.)

Derived terms

• kk

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Azeri

Letter

k lower case (upper case K)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Azeri alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Pronunciation

• (before a vowel or a voiceless consonant) IPA: [k]
• (before a voiced consonant) IPA: [ɡ]

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Preposition

k

1. to
2. toward, towards

Synonyms

• ke
• ku

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aː
• (letter name): IPA: /ka/

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

1. The eleventh letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: j
• Next letter: l

See also

• 'k

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Letter

k lower case (upper case K)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called ko or ka and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

Abbreviation

k

1. Abbreviation of kaj (“and”).

Synonyms

• &
• (text messaging) K

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Italian

Noun

k m and f (invariable)

1. See under K

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Latin

Abbreviation

k

1. Abbreviation of Kaeso.

Letter

k

1. A letter of the Latin alphabet.

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Latvian

Wikipedia ^lv

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [k]

Letter

K

k lower case (upper case K)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called kā and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Malay

Letter

k

1. The eleventh letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /kɔː/
• (phoneme): IPA: /k/, /ç/

Letter

k

1. The 11th letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Usage notes

• When written before j, k and j merge into voiceless palatal fricative, the ch sound in German ich.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ka/

Letter

k (lowercase, capital K)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, mostly used in foreign words to represent the phoneme /k/. Preceded by j and followed by l.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

See Translingual section.

Alternative forms

• (uppercase): K

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /k/

Letter

k (Cyrillic spelling к)

1. The 15th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by j and followed by l.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *kom.

Alternative forms

• ka (see usage notes)

Preposition

k (Cyrillic spelling к)

1. to
2. towards

Synonyms

• ka (see usage notes)

Usage notes

Although both k and ka can be used synonymously, k must take the alternative form ka in the following environment:

• before /k, g, h/:

  ka gradu - to the city

  ka gore - towards above

  ka hladu - toward the shade

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Spanish

Letter

k (lower case, upper case K)

1. The eleventh letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Conjunction

k

1. (slang) Abbreviation of que.

Pronoun

k

1. (slang) Abbreviation of que.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

Letter name

• IPA: /koː/

Phoneme

• IPA: /k/, /ɕ/

Letter

k lower case (upper case K)

1. The eleventh letter of the Swedish alphabet, called kå and written in the Latin script. Pronounced /k/ in front of a, o, u and å and /ɕ/ in front of e, i, y, ä and ö (some loan words might ignore this rule).

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Turkish

Letter

k lower case (upper case K)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ke and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz