к

See also: қ, К, ќ, Ќ, and к.

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

Translingual

Letter

к (upper case К)

1. A letter in the Cyrillic alphabet.

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 

  Cyrillic letter К к, normal above, italics below.

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  Handwritten forms

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Bashkir

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

к • (k) (upper case К)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Bashkir alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) хәреф (xäref); А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Ғ ғ (Ğ ğ), Д д (D d), Ҙ ҙ (Đ ð), Е е (Ye ye), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (Y y), К к (K k), Ҡ ҡ (Q q), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Ң ң (Ñ ñ), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Ҫ ҫ (Θ θ), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Һ һ (H h), Ц ц (Ts ts), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Šč šč), Ъ ъ (ʺ ʺ), Ы ы (Ï ï), Ь ь (’ ’), Э э (E e), Ә ә (Ä ä), Ю ю (Yu yu), Я я (Ya ya)

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Belarusian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

к • (k) (upper case К)

1. The twelfth letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (H h), Д д (D d), Е е (Je je), Ё ё (Jo jo), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), І і (I i), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ў ў (Ŭ ŭ), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Ы ы (Y y), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Э э (E e), Ю ю (Ju ju), Я я (Ja ja)

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): [k]

Letter

к • (k) (upper case К)

1. The eleventh letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (E e), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (I i) (Ѝ ѝ (Ì ì)), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Št št), Ъ ъ (Ǎ ǎ), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Ю ю (Ju ju), Я я (Ja ja)

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Kazakh

Cyrillic	к
Arabic	ك‎

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Ә ә (Ä ä), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Ғ ғ (Ğ ğ), Д д (D d), Е е (E e), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (J j), З з (Z z), И и (Ï ï), Й й (Y y), К к (K k), Қ қ (Q q), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Ң ң (Ñ ñ), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (W w), Ұ ұ (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Һ һ (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Ç ç), Ш ш (Ş ş), Щ щ (Şş şş), Ъ ъ (ʺ ʺ), Ы ы (I ı), І і (İ i), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Э э (É é), Ю ю (Yw yw), Я я (Ya ya)

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): [kə]

Letter

к • (k) (upper case К)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Ѓ ѓ (Ǵ ǵ), Е е (E e), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), Ѕ ѕ (Dz dz), И и (I i), Ј ј (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), Љ љ (Lj lj), М м (M m), Н н (N n), Њ њ (Nj nj), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), Ќ ќ (Ḱ ḱ), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (H h), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Џ џ (Dž dž), Ш ш (Š š)

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Mongolian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰ/, /x/

Letter

к • (k) (uppercase К) (italics: К, к)

1. The twelfth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (Ye ye), Ё ё (Yo yo), Ж ж (J j), З з (Z z), И и (I i), Й й (I i), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), Ө ө (Ö ö), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ү ү (Ü ü), Ф ф (F f), Х х (Kh kh), Ц ц (Ts ts), Ч ч (Ch ch), Ш ш (Sh sh), Щ щ (Sh sh), Ъ ъ (I i), Ы ы (Y y), Ь ь (I i), Э э (E e), Ю ю (Yu yu), Я я (Ya ya)

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Ossetian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

к • (k) (upper case К)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Ossetian alphabet

See also

• (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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Russian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k]

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

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 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Alternative forms

• къ (k) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k]

• Audio

  (file)

Preposition

к • (k) (+ dative case)

1. to, toward

   к до́му ― k dómu ― to the house

   к бра́ту ― k brátu ― to (my) brother

   ко мне ― ko mne ― to me

2. by, for (of time)

   ко вто́рнику ― ko vtórniku ― by Tuesday, for Tuesday

3. against (change of position)

   к стене́ ― k stené ― against the wall

Usage notes

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

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of кило- (kilo-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲɪɫə]

Prefix

к • (k)

1. k, kilo- (x 1000)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• (uppercase): К

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

к (Latin spelling k)

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• ка (See usage notes)

Preposition

к (Latin spelling k) (+ dative case)

1. to
2. towards

Usage notes

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

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): [ka]

Letter

к • (k) (upper case К)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а (A a), Б б (B b), В в (V v), Г г (H h), Ґ ґ (G g), Д д (D d), Е е (E e), Є є (Je je), Ж ж (Ž ž), З з (Z z), И и (Y y), І і (I i), Ї ї (Ji ji), Й й (J j), К к (K k), Л л (L l), М м (M m), Н н (N n), О о (O o), П п (P p), Р р (R r), С с (S s), Т т (T t), У у (U u), Ф ф (F f), Х х (X x), Ц ц (C c), Ч ч (Č č), Ш ш (Š š), Щ щ (Šč šč), Ь ь (ʹ ʹ), Ю ю (Ju ju), Я я (Ja ja)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).

Alternative forms

• ік (ik)
• ґ (g)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k]

Preposition

к • (k) (+ dative case) (dated)

1. to, toward
2. by, for (of time)
3. against (change of position)

Synonyms

• до (do)

Further reading

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “к”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “к”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2021), “к”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN