Ķ U+0136, Ķ
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K WITH CEDILLA
Composition:K [U+004B] + ◌̧ [U+0327]
ĵ
[U+0135]
Latin Extended-A ķ
[U+0137]

Latvian edit

 
Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

Etymology edit

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.

Pronunciation edit

  This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.

Letter edit

 
Ķ

Ķ (upper case, lower case ķ)

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called ķē and written in the Latin script.

See also edit