K

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

Character	K
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K
Code point	U+004B
Unicode block	Basic Latin
← J [U+004A] [U+004C] L →

Character	K
Unicode name	KELVIN SIGN
Code point	U+212A
Unicode block	Letterlike Symbols
← ℩ [U+2129] [U+212B] Å →

§Translingual

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  Sſs  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, plural Ks or K's)

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. Korean

    K-pop; K-drama

§Usage notes

On a baseball scorecard, a frontwards K signifies striking out swinging, while a backwards K signifies striking out looking.

§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 ^{[please replace this header]}

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]

(file)

§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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§Saanich

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k̠ʼ/

§Letter

K

1. The fourteenth letter of the Saanich alphabet, written in the Latin script.

§See also

• (Latin script letters) A, Á, Ⱥ, B, C, Ć, Ȼ, D, E, H, I, Í, J, K, Ꝁ/K̵/₭, Ḵ, Ḱ, L, Ƚ, M, N, Ṉ, O, P, Q, S, Ś, T, Ⱦ, Ṯ, Ŧ, U, W, W̲, X, X̲, Y, Z, s

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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

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§Vietnamese

§Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA ^(key): /kaː˧˧/
• (Huế) IPA ^(key): /kaː˧˧/
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA ^(key): /kaː˧˥/
• Phonetic: ca

§Letter

K (upper case, lower case k)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called ca and written in the Latin script.

§See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; Aa, Ăă, Ââ, Bb, Cc, (Ch ch), Dd, Đđ, Ee, Êê, Gg, (Gh gh, Gi gi), Hh, Ii, Kk, (Kh kh), Ll, Mm, Nn, (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), Oo, Ôô, Ơơ, Pp, (Ph ph), Qq, (Ququ), Rr, Ss, Tt, (Th th, Tr tr), Uu, Ưư, Vv, Xx, Yy