K

See also: k and Appendix:Variations of "k"

Translingual

Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K
Codepoint	U+004B
J ← Basic Latin → L

 

Character	K
Unicode name	KELVIN SIGN
Codepoint	U+212A
℩ ← Letterlike Symbols → Å

Wikipedia

Letter

K upper case (lower case k)

1. The eleventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Ss  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter K):  Ḱḱ  Ǩǩ  Ķķ  Ḳḳ  Ḵḵ  Ƙƙ  Ⱪⱪ  ᶄᶄ  Ꝁꝁ  ᴋ  Ｋｋ

Symbol

K

1. (chemistry) Symbol for potassium.
2. Symbol for kelvin, the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature. Specifically (U+212A version)
3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for lysine.
4. (geology) Symbol for hydraulic conductivity.
5. Thousand.

   5k = 5,000

6. (radio slang) over, waiting for reply

See also

Other representations of K:

NATO phonetic: Kilo Morse code: –·– Braille: ⠅ ASL Manual: K

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of K, in normal and italic type

• 

  Uppercase and lowercase K in Fraktur

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰeɪ/

Audio (UK)

(file)

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

1. The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Number

K upper case (lower case k)

1. The ordinal number eleventh, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation

K

1. (education, US) Kindergarten.

   "K-8" is Kindergarten through eighth grade.

2. (computing, often) Kilo-, 1,024.
3. (computing) A single character message used as an acknowledgement (ACK), meaning "previous message received and understood."
4. (Morse code) Go ahead, over: an indication that a message is complete and a reply is awaited.
5. (baseball) Strikeouts.
6. (chess) King.
7. (biology) Carrying capacity.
8. (slang) OK.
9. (knitting) knit
   • 1855, Godey's Magazine (volume 51, page 71)

     Knit 3, p 1, k 2, purl 1, k 2, m 1, k 2 together, k 1.

10. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (US) The initial letter of the call sign of radio stations west of the Mississippi (see also W)

Noun

K (plural Ks)

1. (law, informal) A contract.

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American Sign Language

Letter

(Stokoe K)

1. The letter K

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Azeri

Letter

K upper case (lower case k)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Azeri alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ka/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

K (capital, lowercase k)

1. The eleventh letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: J
• Next letter: L

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Esperanto

Letter

K upper case (lower case k)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called ko and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

Abbreviation

K

1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of kaj (“and”).

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Finnish

Letter

K upper case (lower case k)

1. The eleventh letter of the Finnish alphabet, called koo and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz, Žž, Åå, Ää, Öö

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaː/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

1. The eleventh letter of the German alphabet.

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German Sign Language

Etymology

Related to the French Sign Language sign for "K".

Production

This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:

• Posture the dominant hand in the “K” shape.

Letter

1. the letter K

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Hungarian

Compass rose

Etymology

Abbreviation of kelet (east).

Noun

K

1. E (east)

See also

• észak (É), dél (D), kelet, nyugat (Ny)

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ˈkappa/
• (phonetic realization) IPA^(key): [k]

Letter

K m, f (invariable, lower case k)

1. The eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet, called cappa or kappa in Italian.

Usage notes

• The letter K is not considered part of the Italian alphabet and is found only in loanwords.

See also

• (Latin script letters) lettera; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, (Jj), (Kk), Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, (Ww), (Xx), (Yy), Zz
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Italian alphabet

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Latvian

Wikipedia ^lv

Etymology

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, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k]

Letter

K

K upper case (lower case k)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called kā and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Malay

Wikipedia ^ms

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ke]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [k]
• (Phoneme 1, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [ʔ]
• (Phoneme 2, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [k̚]

Letter

K

1. The eleventh letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka/

Letter

K (capital, lowercase k)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Romanian alphabet, mostly used in foreign words to represent the phoneme /k/. Preceded by J and followed by L.

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

K (lower case k)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) bukva; Aa, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Čč, Ʒʒ, Ǯǯ, Dd, Đđ, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ǧǧ, Ǥǥ, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ǩǩ, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ŋŋ, Oo, Õõ, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž, Åå, Ää, ˊ

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Slovene

Wikipedia ^sl

Letter

K (capital, lowercase k)

1. The 12th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by J and followed by L.

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Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /kæːf/

Letter

K upper case (lower case k)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called kaaf and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

1. The sixteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by Q and followed by L.

See also

• (Latin script letters) '', Bb, Tt, Jj, Xx, KHkh, Dd, Rr, Ss, SHsh, DHdh, Cc, Gg, Ff, Qq, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ww, Hh, Yy, Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu

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Spanish

Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

1. The eleventh letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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Turkish

Letter

K upper case (lower case k)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ke and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz