ㅋ

Stroke order

Korean

Etymology 1

From ㄱ (giyeok) + additional horizontal line representing burst of aspiration.

Symbol

ㅋ (k, McCune-Reischauer k')

1. 키읔 (kieuk), a jamo (letter) of the alphabet of the Korean writing system, hangeul.

   In the South Korean order, it is the sixteenth jamo. In the North Korean order, it is the eleventh.

   ㅋ (kieuk) is pronounced as a aspirated velar plosive (IPA: [kʰ]), i.e. similar to the English k.

Synonyms

• K

Etymology 2

Due to the fact that the letter k repeated sounds like a person laughing, putting ㅋ in a consecutive manner stands for laughing in the Korean internet media.

Interjection

ㅋ

1. (Internet slang) laughing.