κ

See also: Κ, κ., κ΄, Κ΄, κ', ϰ, and Appendix:Variations of "k"

κ U+03BA, κ GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA ← ι [U+03B9] Greek and Coptic λ → [U+03BB]

𝜅 U+1D705, 𝜅 MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL KAPPA ← 𝜄 [U+1D704] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝜆 → [U+1D706]

Translingual

Symbol

κ

1. (chemistry) the compressibility of a compound
2. (mathematics) A cardinal number.

See also

• κ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ϰ (cursive)

Etymology

Derived from its majuscule counterpart Κ.

Letter

κ • (k) (lowercase, uppercase Κ)

1. Lower-case kappa (κάππα), the tenth letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the voiceless velar plosive /k/. It is preceded by ι and followed by λ.

Derived terms

See also kappa

• κ΄, ͵κ
• к, К (Cyrillic)
• 𐌺 (Gothic)
• ⲕ, Ⲕ (Coptic)

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ﹔
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Greek

Letter

κ • (k) (lowercase, uppercase Κ)

1. The lower case letter kappa (κάππα), the tenth letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

See also

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ ϝ, Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ ͱ, Ϻ ϻ, Ϙ ϙ, Ͳ ͳ
• (punctuation) · ﹔
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
• κ΄
• ͵κ

Noun

κ • (k)

1. Abbreviation of κύριος (kýrios): Mr
2. Abbreviation of κυρία (kyría): Mrs, Ms

Synonyms

• κα (ka, “Mrs”)

See also

• δις (dis, “Miss”)