Κ

See also: κ, κ., and κ’

Κ U+039A, Κ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER KAPPA ← Ι [U+0399] Greek and Coptic Λ → [U+039B]

Translingual

Symbol

Κ

1. (textual criticism), the Byzantine text-type, from Κοινη (Koinē, “the common text”).

See also

• Κ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤊 (k, “kāp”).

Letter

Κ • (K) (uppercase, lowercase κ)

1. The letter kappa (κάππα), the tenth letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

Derived terms

• (Cyrillic) К
• (Coptic) Ⲕ
• (Gothic) 𐌺

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 (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ⸳ . ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

Greek

Letter

Κ • (K) (uppercase, lowercase κ)

1. The upper case letter kappa (κάπα), 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 (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ⸳ . ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
• Κ΄
• ͵Κ