k

Letter

k (upper case K)

1. The eleventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

• Pronunciation of IPA [kɑː, ɑkkɑː] with the sound [k]:

  (file)

Symbol

k

1. (IPA) A voiceless velar plosive.
2. (geology) The permeability of a material for fluids.
3. (physics) The spring constant of an elastic material.
4. (thermodynamics) The heat capacity ratio.

   Synonym: γ

5. (Cyrillic, phonetics) A voiceless uvular plosive, equivalent to IPA ⟨q⟩.

Noun

k

2. (numbers) Abbreviation of thousand. (1000) (taken from the SI-prefix k- for kilo- meaning 1000's multiplier)

   (finance) €500k = 500,000 Euros

Gallery

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

See also

• (IPA): ɡ (“voiced velar plosive”)
• (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

Other representations of K:

• Uppercase: K
• With cedilla: ķ
• With hook: ƙ
• With háček: ǩ
• With acute: ḱ
• With dot below: ḳ
• With line below: ḵ
• ĸ (kra)
• Κ (kappa)
• К (ka)