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Translingual
Letter
к (upper case К)
- A letter of the Cyrillic script, called ka.
Letter
к (upper case К)
- A letter of the Old Cyrillic script, called kako.
Gallery
- Regular.
- Italics.
- Handwritten.
Abaza
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Abaza alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гв гв, Гъ гъ, Гъв гъв, Гъь гъь, Гь гь, Гӏ гӏ, Гӏв гӏв, Д д, Дж дж, Джв джв, Джь джь, Дз дз, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жв жв, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Кв кв, Къ къ, Къв къв, Къь къь, Кь кь, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏв кӏв, Кӏь кӏь, Л л, Ль ль, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тл тл, Тш тш, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хв хв, Хъ хъ, Хъв хъв, Хь хь, Хӏ хӏ, Хӏв хӏв, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чв чв, Чӏ чӏ, Чӏв чӏв, Ш ш, Шв шв, Шӏ шӏ, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я
Abkhaz
Letter
к • (kʼ) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twentieth letter of the Abkhaz alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гь гь, Гә гә, Ӷ ӷ, Ӷь ӷь, Ӷә ӷә, Д д, Дә дә, Е е, Ж ж, Жь жь, Жә жә, З з, Ӡ ӡ, Ӡә ӡә, И и, К к, Кь кь, Кә кә, Қ қ, Қь қь, Қә қә, Ҟ ҟ, Ҟь ҟь, Ҟә ҟә, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Ԥ ԥ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тә тә, Ҭ ҭ, Ҭә ҭә, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хь хь, Хә хә, Ҳ ҳ, Ҳә ҳә, Ц ц, Цә цә, Ҵ ҵ, Ҵә ҵә, Ч ч, Ҷ ҷ, Ҽ ҽ, Ҿ ҿ, Ш ш, Шь шь, Шә шә, Ы ы, Ҩ ҩ, Џ џ, Џь џь, Ь ь, Ә ә
Adyghe
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twenty-first letter of the Adyghe alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гу гу, Гъ гъ, Гъу гъу, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Дзу дзу, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жъ жъ, Жъу жъу, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ку ку, Къ къ, Къу къу, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏу кӏу, Л л, Лъ лъ, Лӏ лӏ, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Пӏу пӏу, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, Тӏу тӏу, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Хъу хъу, Хь хь, Ц ц, Цу цу, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чӏ чӏ, Чъ чъ, Ш ш, Шъ шъ, Шъу шъу, Шӏ шӏ, Шӏу шӏу, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я, ӏ ӏ, ӏу ӏу
Aghul
Letter
к (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The sixteenth letter of the Aghul alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Гъ гъ, Гь гь, Гӏ гӏ, Д д, Дж дж, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Кк кк, Къ къ, Кь кь, Кӏ кӏ, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пп пп, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тт тт, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Уь уь, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Хь хь, Хӏ хӏ, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Чч чч, Чӏ чӏ, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, ӏ ӏ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я
Alutor
Letter
к (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case К)
- The sixteenth letter of the Alutor alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Archi
Letter
к (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twenty-eighth letter of the Archi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Аа аа, Аӏ аӏ, Ааӏ ааӏ, Ы ы, Б б, В в, Г г, Гв гв, Гь гь, Гъ гъ, Гъв гъв, Гъӏ гъӏ, Гъӏв гъӏв, Гӏ гӏ, Д д, Е е, Ее ее, Еӏ еӏ, Ж ж, Жв жв, З з, Зв зв, И и, Ии ии, Иӏ иӏ, Й й, К к, Кк кк, Кв кв, Ккв ккв, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏв кӏв, Къ къ, Къв къв, Ккъ ккъ, Къӏ къӏ, Ккъӏ ккъӏ, Къӏв къӏв, Ккъӏв ккъӏв, Кь кь, Кьв кьв, Л л, Лъ лъ, Ллъ ллъ, Лъв лъв, Ллъв ллъв, Лӏ лӏ, Лӏв лӏв, М м, Н н, О о, Оо оо, Оӏ оӏ, Ооӏ ооӏ, П п, Пп пп, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Сс сс, Св св, Т т, Тт тт, Тӏ тӏ, Тв тв, У у, Уу уу, Уӏ уӏ, Х х, Хх хх, Хв хв, Ххв ххв, Хӏ хӏ, Хьӏ хьӏ, Ххьӏ ххьӏ, Хьӏв хьӏв, Ххьӏв ххьӏв, Хъ хъ, Хъв хъв, Хъӏ хъӏ, Хъӏв хъӏв, Ц ц, Цв цв, Цӏ цӏ, Ццӏ ццӏ, Ч ч, Чв чв, Чӏ чӏ, Чӏв чӏв, Ш ш, Щ щ, Шв шв, Щв щв, Э э, Ээ ээ, Эӏ эӏ
Avar
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fifteenth letter of the Avar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Azerbaijani
Letter
к (lower case, upper case К)
- The fourteenth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Bashkir
Pronunciation
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fourteenth letter of the Bashkir alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
Belarusian
Pronunciation
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twelfth letter of the Belarusian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Bulgarian
Pronunciation
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The eleventh letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called къ (k), and written in the Cyrillic script.
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Buryat
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twelfth letter of the Buryat alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Chechen
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fourteenth letter of the Chechen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Chukchi
Letter
к (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twelfth letter of the Chukchi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Chuvash
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fourteenth letter of the Chuvash alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Crimean Tatar
Letter
к (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case К)
- The thirteenth letter of the Crimean Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Dargwa
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fifteenth letter of the Dargwa alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Dungan
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fourteenth letter of the Dungan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Eastern Mari
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twelfth letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Even
Letter
к (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twelfth letter of the Even alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Evenki
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twelfth letter of the Evenki alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Ingush
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fourteenth letter of the Ingush alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Itelmen
Letter
к (transliteration needed) (lower case, upper case К)
- The thirteenth letter of the Itelmen alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Kabardian
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The nineteenth letter of the Kabardian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Э э, Б б, В в, Г г, Гу гу, Гъ гъ, Гъу гъу, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, Жь жь, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Ку ку, Кӏ кӏ, Кӏу кӏу, Къ къ, Къу къу, Кхъ кхъ, Кхъу кхъу, Л л, Лъ лъ, Лӏ лӏ, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пӏ пӏ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тӏ тӏ, У у, Ф ф, Фӏ фӏ, Х х, Ху ху, Хь хь, Хъ хъ, Хъу хъу, Ц ц, Цӏ цӏ, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Щӏ щӏ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Ю ю, Я я, ӏ ӏ, ӏу ӏу
Kalmyk
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fifteenth letter of the Kalmyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Kazakh
Pronunciation
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fourteenth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Khakas
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fourteenth letter of the Khakas alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Kumyk
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fourteenth letter of the Kumyk alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Kyrgyz
Pronunciation
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twelfth letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called ка (ka), and written in the Cyrillic script.
Usage notes
Represents /q/ when in the same syllable as a back vowel (а (a), о (o), у (u), and ы (ı)) and /k/ when in the same syllable as a front vowel (е (ye), э (e), ө (ö), ү (ü), and и (i)). In loanwords, however, it always represents /k/.
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Lezgi
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fourteenth letter of the Lezgi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Macedonian
Pronunciation
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The thirteenth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Mongolian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰ/
- Syllabification: к (1 syllable)
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twelfth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called ка (ka), and written in the Cyrillic script.
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Nivkh
Pronunciation
Letter
к (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fifteenth letter of the Nivkh alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Northern Mansi
Letter
к (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The sixteenth letter of the Northern Mansi alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Old Church Slavonic
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- A letter of the Old Church Slavonic alphabet, called како (kako), and written in the Old Cyrillic script.
See also
- (Old Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Б б, В в, Г г, Д д, Е е (Є є), Ж ж, Ѕ ѕ (Ꙃ ꙃ), З з (Ꙁ ꙁ), И и, І і (Ї ї), Ꙉ ꙉ, К к, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Р р, С с, Т т, Оу оу (Ꙋ ꙋ), Ф ф, Х х, Ѡ ѡ (Ѿ ѿ), Ц ц, Ч ч, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ꙑ ꙑ, Ь ь, Ѣ ѣ, Ꙗ ꙗ, Ѥ ѥ, Ю ю, Ѫ ѫ, Ѭ ѭ, Ѧ ѧ (Ꙙ ꙙ), Ѩ ѩ (Ꙝ ꙝ), Ѯ ѯ, Ѱ ѱ, Ѳ ѳ, Ѵ ѵ, Ҁ ҁ
Old Novgorodian
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- A letter of the Old Novgorodian alphabet, written in the Old Cyrillic script.
- c. 1160‒1180, Берестяная грамота № Свинц. 2 [Birchbark letter no. Lead 2], Novgorod:
- а б в г д е ж ѕ ꙁ и і к
- a b v g d je ž dz z i i k
- c. 1180‒1200, Берестяная грамота № 460 [Birchbark letter no. 460], Novgorod:
- а б в г д е ж ꙅ ꙁ и ї к л м н о п р с т уо ѳ х ѡ ц ч ш щ ъ ѣ ѫ ю у ѧ
- a b v g d je ž dz z i i k l m n o p r s t u θ x o ć ć š ść ŭ jě ǫ ju u ję
- c. 1200‒1220, Берестяная грамота № 778 [Birchbark letter no. 778], Novgorod:
- а б в г д е ж ꙃ ꙁ и ї к л м н о п р с т оу ф х ѿ ц ч ш ъ ѣ ѫ ѫ ю ѧ
- a b v g d je ž dz z i i k l m n o p r s t u f x otŭ ć ć š ŭ jě ǫ ǫ ju ję
- c. 1240‒1260, Onfim, Берестяная грамота № 201 [Birchbark letter no. 201], Novgorod:
- а б : в г : д е : ж ꙅ : ꙁ и : і к : л м : н о : п р : с т : у ѳ х ѿ : ц ч : ш щ : ъ ꙑ : ь ѣ : ꙋ ю : ѫ ѧ : …
- a b : v g : d je : ž dz : z i : i k : l m : n o : p r : s t : u θ x otŭ : ć ć : š ść : ŭ y : ĭ jě : u ju : ǫ ję : …
- c. 1360‒1380, Берестяная грамота № 576 [Birchbark letter no. 576], Novgorod:
- + а б в г д е ж ꙅ ꙁ и і к л м н о п р с т у ф х
- + a b v g d je ž dz z i i k l m n o p r s t u f x
- c. 1380‒1400, Берестяная грамота № Ст. Р. 24 [Birchbark letter no. St. R. 24], Staraya Russa:
- а б в г д е ж [ꙅ] ꙁ и і к л м н о п р с т у ф х [ѿ] ѡ ц ч ш щ ъ ꙑ ь ѣ ѧ
- a b v g d je ž [dz] z i i k l m n o p r s t u f x [otŭ] o ć ć š ść ŭ y ĭ jě ję
Orok
Letter
к (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The thirteenth letter of the Orok alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
Ossetian
Pronunciation
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The sixteenth letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Pannonian Rusyn
Pronunciation
Letter
к (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fourteenth letter of the Pannonian Rusyn alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Romanian
Letter
к (c) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twelfth letter of the Moldovan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Russian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twelfth letter of the Russian alphabet, called ка (ka), and written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Preposition
Usage notes
ко (ko) is used before words beginning with certain consonant clusters such as мн- (mn-), вс- (vs-), вт- (vt-), and сн- (sn-).
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of кило- (kilo-).
Pronunciation
Prefix
к • (k)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
к (lower case, upper case К, Latin spelling k)
- The twelfth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *kom.
Alternative forms
- ка (See usage notes)
Preposition
к (Latin spelling k) (+ dative case)
Usage notes
Although both к and ка can be used synonymously, к must take the alternative form ка in the following environment:
- before /к, г, х/:
- ка граду - to the city
- ка горе - towards above
- ка хладу - toward the shade
Southern Altai
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The thirteenth letter of the Southern Altai alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
Tabasaran
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fifteenth letter of the Tabasaran alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Tajik
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fourteenth letter of the Tajik alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Tatar
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fourteenth letter of the Tatar alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Tundra Nenets
Letter
к • (k°) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twelfth letter of the Tundra Nenets alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Tuvan
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twelfth letter of the Tuvan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Udmurt
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fifteenth letter of the Udmurt alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Ukrainian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fifteenth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called ка (ka), and written in the Cyrillic script.
See also
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъ(n).
Pronunciation
Preposition
к • (k) (+ dative case) (dated)
Usage notes
This word is very dated, although remnants of it exist in set phrases, such as к бісу (k bisu) and нікчемний (nikčemnyj).
Alternative forms
Synonyms
- до (do) (modern, more common)
Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “к”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “к”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “к”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
Uzbek
Letter
к (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The twelfth letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Western Mari
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The thirteenth letter of the Western Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.
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Yakut
Letter
к • (k) (lower case, upper case К)
- The fourteenth letter of the Yakut alphabet, called кы (kı), and written in the Cyrillic script.
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