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k Appendix:Variations of "k" K 0x212A Ｋ 𜳠 Translingual Etymology From the mul ett - letter ett 𐌊 ka, from the mul grc - letter grc Κ kappa, derived from the mul phn - letter phn 𐤊 kap, from the mul egy - hieroglyph egy 𓂧. chemical element From mul la kalium. Letter mul mul letter 11 See also Symbol mul Q703 potassium mul Q11579 kelvin, the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature. mul °<id:temperature on various scales> mul °C<id:Q25267> ℃<id:Q25267> ; °F<id:Q42289> ℉<id:Q42289> mul Q20816880 mul amino acid IUPAC 1-letter symbol lysine. mul Lys<id:Q20816880> mul Q2783041 mul geology hydraulic conductivity. mul Q43016 mul suffixive 1000 (thousand). mul k<id:Q43016> mul M<id:Q38526><qq:10⁶> mul k-<id:Q107428> K-<id:Q107428> M<id:Q43016><qq:nonsuffixive> mul 5K &equals; 5000;   5k &equals; 5000 mul radio slang over waiting for reply. mul Q516114 king playing card. mul Q<id:Q505744> J<id:Q510474> mul linguistics wildcard for a velar consonant. mul linguistics wildcard for a consonant (e.g. in German-language texts). The symbol in bases higher than twenty for the number expressed as mul 20 in decimal. Usage notes The Unicode Standard states that U+212A 0 is included in Unicode only for backward compatibility reasons. To represent kelvin, U+004B 0 is preferred. Gallery See also K Kilo –·– ⠅ mul Alkali metals English Etymology 1 Pronunciation name of letter en /keɪ/ [kʰeɪ] en en-us-k.ogg US en En-uk-k.ogg UK en eɪ 1 Letter en en letter 11 kay 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 616: The symbol K, however, was not entirely lost; it is found irregularly in inscriptions of all dates down to the times of the empire, and regularly as an initial abbreviation of Kalendæ, Karthago, Kæso (the proper name). See also Number en en ordinal 11 kay Etymology 2 Abbreviations. Noun en law informal en contract. en education US en kindergarten. en "K-8" is Kindergarten through eighth grade. en often computing en kilo- 1,000 or 1,024. 5k = 5,000 en computing A single character message used as an acknowledgement (ACK), meaning "previous message received and understood." en Morse code en go ahead, over an indication that a message is complete and a reply is awaited. en strikeout en baseball en strikeout On a baseball scorecard, a frontwards K signifies striking out while swinging the bat, while a backwards K signifies striking out while looking. en card games chess en king. en 2023 Laws of Chess https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20230101Laws-of-Chess.pdf 2022 23 w:FIDE 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=) https://web.archive.org/web/20250316122506/https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20230101Laws-of-Chess.pdf 16 March 2025 12 June 2025 en GM Noël Studer Mastering Chess Puzzles: The Comprehensive Guide to Effective Problem Solving Next Level Chess https://nextlevelchess.com/mastering-chess-puzzles-comprehensive-guide-to-effective-problem-solving/ 2023-08-12 The correct answer is 1.Rxf6 Rxf6 2.Rf1 Raf8 3.Qg5 Kg7 4.Nh5+Other sub-variations work, such as playing 2.Qg5 then 3.Rf1 or playing 4.Bxf6+ first before playing 5.Nh5+. https://web.archive.org/web/20260306072510/https://nextlevelchess.com/mastering-chess-puzzles-comprehensive-guide-to-effective-problem-solving/ 6 March 2026 en biology en carrying capacity. en geology en Cretaceous. en knitting en knit. en 1855 Godey's Magazine 51 71 Knit 3, p 1, k 2, purl 1, k 2, m 1, k 2 together, k 1. en ketamine en slang en ketamine a drug. en w:John C. Lilly The Scientist 1978 Lippincott Philadelphia 167 https://archive.org/details/scientistnovelau00lill/page/167/mode/1up 978-0-397-01274-9 Seduction by K At high levels of concentration of K in the blood, the observer/operator is cut off from his interlock with e.r., including the human consensus reality. en music en Köchel number. en Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 en UK government en knighthood Knighthood. en economics en capital. en printing en black. en slang from Jamaican Creole en Kalashnikov. en 2011-08-16 Kendrick Lamar,Jay Rock My People https://genius.com/Kendrick-lamar-and-jay-rock-my-people-lyrics We used to run from the KKK but now we running from our brothers that be holding them K's. en 2018-10-16 Slowthai Demon Boy Yeti in the Serengeti, believe the myth. K-man stupid, rub together sticks. en 2019-11-22 w:03 Greedo; w:Kenny Beats; w:OhGeesy; Judge Netflix&Deal 11 Payback https://genius.com/03-greedo-and-kenny-beats-payback-lyrics Keep the chopper, I'ma spray that. This is an AR, don't keep the K, man. en 2021-11-19 PCAJAY Pink 3 Remix https://genius.com/Pcajay-pink-3-remix-lyrics You come to my trap, bitch, you better knock. I keep a 'K and these bullets gon' flock. en 2022-06-04 Big Yavo OVO https://genius.com/Big-yavo-ovo-lyrics A fuck nigga diss GG, he get hit with a K. I'll be back in the morning, just went to the A. en 2022-09-25 Aeterluv Dork https://genius.com/Aeterluv-dork-lyrics Bitch ass nigga get rocked. I walk in da trap with a Glock and a K in my sock. U fag ass nigga get popped. U a gay lil dumb ahh nigga came from TikTok. I'mma talk my shi won't stop. Bitch u all on my dick for a drop, nigga get off my cock. en kritik. Derived terms Cretaceous en KPg, en KT ketamine en K-hole, en K-cramp, en Special K Translations playing card Danish: da K konge Dutch: nl H heer Estonian: et K kuningas French: fr R roi German: de K König Icelandic: is K köngur Polish: pl K król Portuguese: pt R rei Russian: ru К король Swedish: sv K kung Etymology 3 en OK. Interjection en colloquial texting Internet slang OK en 'kay en 2019 Justin Blackburn The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues 23 K, dad, I'll go to my room. Usage notes "K" usually implies en apathy or en anger towards the statement it is responding to,https://www.insidehook.com/article/advice/the-difference-between-texting-k-ok-kk-explained Youthsplaining: You’ve Been Texting the Word “Okay” Wrong Inside Hook 19 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20221207134551/https://www.insidehook.com/article/advice/the-difference-between-texting-k-ok-kk-explained 7 December 2022 in a more en emphatic way than "en k". References See also en K-ration Kamiltonian ace K actinium-K Chiney K Generation K K of C K-Country K-Mag K-meson K-particle K-pop K-culture K-food K-Hell K-Quarantine K-rat K-swap K-swapped K-T K-Town K-wave K-bentonite K-feldspar K-gun K-cell K to 10 K-10 K-factor K antigen K-rage K-hole en Firearms Afar Letter aa aa letter 7 See also Afrikaans Pronunciation letter name af /kɑː/ Letter af af letter 11 See also Noun K's K'tjie K Angami Letter njm njm letter 13 See also Azerbaijani Pronunciation phoneme az [cʰ] [cçʰ] [ç] [j] [h] letter name az [cʰeː] [cʰɯː] [cçʰeː] [cçʰɯː] Letter az az letter 16 See also Basque Pronunciation raw:/k/<q:phoneme> Letter eu eu letter 11 ka See also Further reading Catalan Pronunciation ka Letter ca ca letter 11 ca See also Central Franconian Etymology /k/ is from West Germanic stem-initial or geminated gmw-pro *k; from *k in nk, lk, rk; in most of Moselle Franconian from *gg. Pronunciation gmw-cfr /k/ Letter gmw-cfr gmw-cfr letter German-based gmw-cfr letter Dutch-based Usage notes 2 Doubling of K In the German-based spelling, doubling of k yields ck. This is used after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the Dutch-based spelling, doubling of k yields kk. This is used after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open. Chinese Etymology 1 Pronunciation kēi,py=K v Verb zh 剋// to beat; to scold; to fight Etymology 2 Pronunciation kēi,kèi,py=K,2py=K kei1 sh:1khe n Noun zh noun 卡拉OK karaoke 唱K所 sh:5tshaon khe su karaoke bar SH Derived terms zh 唱K K歌 K房 K場 唱K所 K壓 劈K Etymology 3 Initialism of 擴, based on its pinyin. Pronunciation zh Verb zh internet slang to repost Etymology 4 From zh en K, abbreviation of en ketamine. Pronunciation kēi,kèi,py=K,2py=K kei1 n Noun zh noun zh slang ketamine Derived terms zh K粉 K仔 Etymology 5 zh from English K? Pronunciation kēi,kèi,py=K,2py=K kei1 num,cls Numeral zh numeral thousand; kilo Classifier zh classifier kilometre kilogram Synonyms 公斤 Etymology 6 Abbreviation of zh en kilobyte. Pronunciation kēi,kèi,py=K,2py=K kei1 cls Classifier zh classifier zh computing informal kilobyte Etymology 7 From zh en K, abbreviation of en karat. Alternative forms 開 Pronunciation kāi,py=K ke1 v,n Noun zh noun karat Etymology 8 Pronunciation ke1 n Noun zh noun zh Cantonese zh 茄 ke1 poop Etymology 9 From the letter K of the English pattern playing cards. In the spoken language, its name is generally a borrowing from zh en king or the letter en K. Pronunciation kēi,kāi king1 kê5 sh:1khe n Noun zh nouns zh card games king 隻 張 Synonyms 老K Etymology 10 Pronunciation 1 kēi kei1 xm:khe kê5 sh:1khe letters Letter zh zh letter 11 the Latin alphabet as used in Chinese Pronunciation 2 kē,kê̄,1nb=common,2nb=official letters Letter zh zh letter 11 Pinyin Usage notes Chipewyan Pronunciation chp /kʰ/ Letter chp chp letter Danish Noun da noun da chess da konge king Dutch Pronunciation letter name nl /kaː/ nl Nl-K.ogg Letter nl the eleventh letter of the Dutch alphabet Noun nl noun nl chess nl koning king See also Previous letter: nl J Next letter: nl L Elfdalian Alternative forms ovd ᛲ ᚴ Dalecarlian runes Letter ovd ovd letter 14 Esperanto Pronunciation See eo k. Letter eo eo letter 15 ko See also Conjunction eo conjunctions eo texting eo kaj and Further reading k ko Estonian et: Letter et et letter 11 kaa See also Finnish Etymology Letter fi fi letter 11 koo See also French Pronunciation ka Letter fr fr letter 11 German Pronunciation de /kaː/ de De-K.OGG de De-K3.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-K2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de aː 1 Letter de de letter 11 Usage notes Doubling of de k normally yields de ck, but loanwords with original de cc are excepted. These are integrated with de kk (de Akkusativ, de Mokka) or retain the original spelling (de Account, de Piccolo). See also Noun n,-,-:s en K Declension n,-,-:s Noun de noun de chess de König king de Übersetzung der FIDE-Schachregeln gültig ab 1. Januar 2023 https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/FIDE-Regeln-2023-Final-DEU.pdf 2023-04 25 w:FIDE 1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Se4 5.Dxd4 d5 6.exd6 e.p. Sxd6 7.Lg5 Sc6 8.De3 + Le7 9.Sbd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Te8 11.Kb1 (=) https://web.archive.org/web/20250815172721/https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/FIDE-Regeln-2023-Final-DEU.pdf Further reading Hawaiian Alternative forms haw kē letter name Pronunciation letter name kē phoneme [k ~ t] Letter haw haw letter 7 See also Heiltsuk Pronunciation hei /cʰ/ [c͡ç] Letter hei hei letter 16 See also Hungarian thumb|Compass rose Etymology 1 hu kelet east. Pronunciation kelet Noun E (east) Declension K-e e t sgK- ei y sg Coordinate terms Etymology 2 Pronunciation phoneme letter name ká Letter hu hu letter 18 ká Declension K- oK- See also hu terms with multiple lemma etymologies terms with letter and noun etymologies hu Compass points Icelandic Pronunciation Ká<qq:letter name> Letter is is letter 14 See also Ido Pronunciation io /k/ Letter io io letter 11 See also Indonesian Pronunciation letter name id /ka/ phoneme id /k/ Letter id id letter 11 See also Isoko Letter iso iso letter 16 References E. O. Agbada et al, Vbuhrẹ Ụmụ́bọrá Isoko (Teach Yourself Isoko), first published 2008, revised edition 2017, page 8, 10 Onyerioma Isaac Itegolor, Isoko Wha Dooo...! Book 2 (Operation Speak Your Language), Revised Standard Edition (2015), page 1 Joe Okedi, Abidi Isoko Na Kpobi, 2020 Italian it: Pronunciation càppa<pre:letter name> k<pre:phonemic realization> Letter it it letter 11 cappa kappa Usage notes The letter K is not considered part of the Italian alphabet and is found only in loanwords. See also Italian alphabet Jamaican Creole jam: Noun jam abbreviations Kalashnikov jam 2002-11-12 w:Sean Paul Dutty Rock 4 Like Glue https://genius.com/Sean-paul-like-glue-lyrics One ting me haffi tell dem, Dutty got di woody woody. Frontway, backway, dutty K-man have di shooby shooby. One thing I have to tell them, I've got an erection, Forwards, backwards, the dirty gunman wielding a Kalashnikov has to shove it, shove it. jam 2007-01-01 Blak Rino Riddim Driven: Shadowz (2008) 14 Ay Ya Ay Ya https://genius.com/Blak-ryno-ay-ya-ay-ya-lyrics Any bwoy diss di link make di paper. Di 'K full him of hole like strainer If any boy cuts out the middle man to make money then the AK will fill him up with holes like a strainer. jam 2008-09-12 Vybz Kartel,Jah Vinci Jamaican Style, Vol.3 46 Weh Dem A Go https://genius.com/Vybz-kartel-weh-dem-a-go-lyrics Dem shoulda memba say di Haskell a spray, di sixpance a play. Weh dem a guh wid dem Chiney K? They should remember that the Haskell(Hi-Point) 45 ACP Semi-auto Pistol sprays (bullets), the six-shooter will play. Where are they going with their (imitation) Chinese Kalashnikovs? jam 2008-12-27 w:Vybz Kartel Pon Di Gaza 2.0 24 Last Man Standing https://genius.com/Vybz-kartel-last-man-standing-lyrics Me get a K from Vagga from De La Vega weh mek Chiney man skin black like naega I get a Kalashnikov from my friend Vagga from De La Vega which makes a Chinese man's skin black like a nigga's. jam 2008 w:Mavado Gaza vs Gully EP Part 1 18 Chiney K https://genius.com/Mavado-chiney-k-lyrics Inna middle day, gun play. Bad man ah beat di Chiney K. Night turn to day, all mama pray. Dem ah beat di Chiney K. In the middle of the day, there's gun play. Bad men shoot the Chinese imitation Kalashnikovs. Night turns to day, all mothers pray. They shoot the Chinese (imitation) Kalashnikovs. Kankanaey Etymology kne tl K. Letter pronunciation is influenced by kne en K. Pronunciation key<a:letter name> k<a:phoneme> Letter letter kne letter 11 key See also References 10-11 Kashubian Etymology Letter csb csb letter 15 See also Khiamniungan Naga Etymology Pronunciation kix /kə³³/ Letter kix kix Patsho kix letter 7 See also Pronunciation guide Latvian 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 k lv lv-riga-k.ogg Letter class=skin-invert-image|thumb|250px|K lv lv letter 16 kā See also Luxembourgish Letter lb lb letter 11 See also Noun m K-en K the letter en K Further reading Malay ms: Pronunciation ms [ke] Name of letter ms [k] Phoneme, Syllable initial ms [ʔ] Phoneme 1, Syllable final ms [k̚] Phoneme 2, Syllable final Letter ms ms letter 11 See also Maltese Letter mt mt letter 15 See also Navajo Letter nv nv letter See also Norwegian Bokmål Letter nb nb letter 11 See also Noun K- the letter en K References “K – bokstav” in no Store norske leksikon. Norwegian Nynorsk Letter nn nn letter 11 See also Noun K- the letter en K References Nupe Pronunciation phoneme nup /k/ Letter nup nup letter 13 See also Nuxalk Pronunciation phoneme blc /c/ [c~c͡ç] Letter blc blc letter 8 See also Oromo Pronunciation ka ka om Om-k.ogg Letter om om letter 11 Polish Etymology pl letter Pronunciation ka - - LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-K.wav Letter pl pl letter 14 ka See also Portuguese Pronunciation pt /ˈka/ BR pt /ˈka.pɐ/ PT Letter pt pt letter 11 See also Romani Pronunciation rom /k/ Letter rom rom International Standard rom letter 14 rom Pan-Vlax rom letter 15 See also Romanian Pronunciation ro /k/ Letter ro ro letter 14 ca capa Usage notes Used only in loanwords and some proper nouns. See also Saanich Pronunciation str /k̠ʼ/ Letter str nocase str letter 14 See also Sarikoli Pronunciation Letter srh srh letter 17 See also Silesian Etymology Letter szl szl letter 13 See also Skolt Sami Pronunciation phoneme sms /k/ Letter sms sms letter 18 See also Slovene sl: Letter sl sl letter 12 sl letter 18 Resian sl letter 13 Natisone Valley dialect Somali Pronunciation phoneme so /k/ letter name so /kæːf/ Letter so so letter 16 kaaf Q L Usage notes The Somali alphabet follows the Arabic abjad order. See also Spanish Etymology 1 Letter es es letter 11 Usage notes Although K is officially part of the Spanish alphabet, it is mostly found in words coming from Germanic, Greek, English or indigenous languages rather than words coming from Latin, as in many other Romance languages. Etymology 2 Alternative forms es k Pronunciation ka Adjective es adjective es Argentina es kirchnerista es anti-K antikirchnerista Swedish thumb|Basement level. Pronunciation Letter name sv /koː/ Phoneme sv /k/ /ɕ/ Letter sv sv letter 11 Symbol sv symbols sv Swedish library classification system SAB system history sv K.2 K.3 K.4 K.5 K.6 Kc Kd Ke Kf Kg Kh Ki Kj Kk Kl Km Kn Ko Kt Ku Kv Ky sv dated county letter Blekinge sv 10 sv dated 1941 type of sv beredskapskort readiness ration card valid until ration cards for any of the individual items are made sv A U X Abbreviations sv källare,källarplan,källarvåning basement level sv cards sv kung king sv D Kn E queen knight ace sv kallt cold sv V warm sv kylskåp refrigerator sv F freezer sv kontor office; office space sv kombinationsbrunn,kopplingsbrunn connection vault sv A BP D R V sewage fire hydrant urban runnoff cleaning well water main sv kulvert culvert sv kultur culture sv klubb club; association sv military sv kavalleri cavalry Tagalog Etymology tl es K. Each pronunciation has a different source: Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by tl en K. Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character tl ᜃ. Abecedario pronunciation is from tl es K. The use of K instead of using the Spanish-based C and Q was promoted in the late 19th century primarily by the educated (such as José Rizal and Trinidad Pardo de Tavera) because of the Baybayin character primarily being applicable to all vowels, as well as the ease of usage with Tagalog grammar rules. Its order in the Abakada alphabet was due to the order of the similar sounding C in the Spanish alphabet. Pronunciation kéy<qq:letter name, Filipino alphabet> ká<qq:letter name, Abakada alphabet, Abecedario> +<qq:phoneme> raw:/k/ [x̠]<qq:phoneme, intervocalic> Letter tl 11 key fil 3 ka abak tl historical 12 ka abec See also Further reading Megan C. Thomas K Is for De-Kolonization: Anti-Colonial Nationalism and Orthographic Reform Comparative Studies in Society and History 938–967 2007 https://www.jstor.org/stable/4497712 49 4 0010-4175 Turkish Pronunciation phoneme tr /c/ /k/ letter name tr standard /ceː/ /kaː/ Letter tr tr letter 14 ke See also Vietnamese Pronunciation ca Etymology 1 From vi pt K. Letter vi vi letter 13 ca See also Etymology 2 From vi en K, from en Kelvin. Noun en K Kelvin Usage notes Colloquially, even physics and chemistry teachers say "độ K" instead of just "K", despite the fact that there is no vi độ en degree here like vi độ C en degree Celsius or vi độ F en degree Fahrenheit. Etymology 3 Noun cancer vi SI units Yoruba Pronunciation phoneme yo /k/ letter name yo /kí/ Letter yo yo letter 12 kí See also Zulu Letter zu zu letter 11 See also