K, or k, is the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is kay (pronounced ), plural kays.
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K is the eleventh letter of the alphabet used in English and many other languages around the world. It's a fundamental building block of written language that allows us to represent the "k" sound in words we read and write every day.
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Key facts
- Grapheme.name
- K
- Grapheme.letter
- K k
- Grapheme.script
- Latin script
- Grapheme.type
- Alphabet
- Grapheme.typedesc
- ic and Logographic
- Grapheme.language
- Latin language
- Grapheme.unicode
- U+004B, U+006B
- Grapheme.alphanumber
- 11
- Grapheme.fam1
- D46
- Grapheme.fam2
- class=skin-invert-image|20px|Khof
- Grapheme.fam3
- class=skin-invert-image|20px|Kaph
- Grapheme.fam4
- class=skin-invert-image|20px|Kaph
- Grapheme.fam6
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- History
- Use in writing systems
- English
- Other languages
- Other systems
- Other uses
- Related characters
- Ancestors, descendants and siblings
- Ligatures and abbreviations
- Other representations
- Computing <span class="anchor" id="Computing codes"></span>
- Other
- Notes
- References
- External links
K, or k, is the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is kay (pronounced ), plural kays.
The letter K usually represents the voiceless velar plosive.