к

к U+043A, к CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER KA ← й [U+0439] Cyrillic л → [U+043B]

See also: қ, К, ќ, Ќ, and к.

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TranslingualEdit

LetterEdit

к (upper case К)

1. A letter in the Cyrillic alphabet.

GalleryEdit

• Letter styles
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  Cyrillic letter К к, normal above, italics below.

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  Handwritten forms

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OssetianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

LetterEdit

к • (k) (upper case К)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Ossetian alphabet

See alsoEdit

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Ӕ ӕ (Æ æ), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Гъ гъ (Ǧ ǧ), Д д (D d), Дж дж (Ǵ ǵ), Дз дз (Ʒ ʒ), Е е (E e), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Къ къ (K’ k’), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Пъ пъ (P’ p’), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), Тъ тъ (Tʺ t’), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Хъ хъ (Q q), Ц ц (C c), Цъ цъ (C’ c’), Ч ч (Ḱ ḱ), Чъ чъ (Ḱ’ ḱ’), Ы ы (Y y)

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RussianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [k]

• Audio

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LetterEdit

к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)

1. The twelfth letter of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet. Its name is ка (ka) and it has the sound of English k. It is preceded by Й (J) and followed by Л (L).

Etymology 2Edit

PrepositionEdit

к • (k) (+ dative case)

1. to, toward

   к дому (domu) — to the house

   к бра́ту ― k brátu ― to (my) brother

   ко мне (mne) — to me

2. (time): by, for

   ко вторнику (vtorniku) — by Tuesday, for Tuesday

Usage notesEdit

ко (ko) is used before words beginning with certain awkward consonant clusters such as мн- (mn-), вс- (vs-), вт- (vt-), and сн- (sn-).

Etymology 3Edit

Abbreviation of кило- (kilo-).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [kʲɪlə]

PrefixEdit

к • (k)

1. k, kilo- (x 1000)

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Alternative formsEdit

• (uppercase): К

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

LetterEdit

к (Latin spelling k)

1. The 12th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet, preceded by ј and followed by л.

Etymology 2Edit

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

Alternative formsEdit

• ка (See usage notes)

PrepositionEdit

к (Latin spelling k)

1. to
2. towards

Usage notesEdit

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

• before /к, г, х/:

  ка граду - to the city

  ка горе - towards above

  ка хладу - toward the shade