K

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

K U+004B, K LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K ← J [U+004A] Basic Latin L → [U+004C]

Character variations

K U+212A, K KELVIN SIGN ← ℩ [U+2129] Letterlike Symbols Å → [U+212B]

Ｋ U+FF2B, Ｋ FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K ← Ｊ [U+FF2A] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｌ → [U+FF2C]

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K

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Etymology

From the Etruscan letter 𐌊 (k, “ka”), from the Ancient Greek letter Κ (K, “kappa”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤊 (k, “kap”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂧.

(chemical element): From Latin kalium.

Letter

K (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

2. (chemistry) Chemical symbol for potassium.
4. kelvin, the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature

   Hypernym: °

   Coordinate terms: °C, ℃; °F, ℉

6. (biochemistry, IUPAC 1-letter symbol) lysine

   Synonym: Lys

8. (geology) hydraulic conductivity
10. (suffixive) 1000 (thousand)

    Alternative form: k

    Holonym: M (10⁶)

    Near-synonyms: k-, K-, M (nonsuffixive)

    5K = 5000;   5k = 5000

11. (radio slang) over (waiting for reply)
13. king (playing card)

    Coordinate terms: Q, J

14. (linguistics) wildcard for a velar consonant
15. (linguistics) wildcard for a consonant (e.g. in German-language texts)
16. The symbol in bases higher than twenty for the number expressed as 20 in decimal.

Usage notes

The Unicode Standard states that K (U+212A KELVIN SIGN) is included in Unicode only for backward compatibility reasons. To represent kelvin, K (U+004B LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K) is preferred.

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  Uppercase and lowercase versions of K, in normal and italic type
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  Uppercase and lowercase K in Fraktur

See also

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Other representations of K:

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

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