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'''K''' ([[Inglis alphabet#Letter names|named]] ''kay'' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ}})<ref>"K" ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' 2nd edition (1989); [[Webster's Dictionary|''Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'']] (1993); "kay," op. cit.</ref> is the elevent [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]] o the [[ISO basic Latin alphabet]].
'''K''' ([[Inglis alphabet#Letter names|named]] ''kay'' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ}})<ref>"K" ''Oxford English Dictionary,'' 2nd edition (1989); [[Webster's Dictionary|''Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'']] (1993); "kay," op. cit.</ref> is the elevent [[Letter (alphabet)|letter]] o the [[ISO basic Latin alphabet]].
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The letter K comes frae the letter Κ ([[kappa]]), which wis taken frae the [[Semitic]] [[kaph|kap]], the seembol for an open haund.<ref name="OED">[http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50124982?query_type=word&queryword=k&first=1&max_to_show=10&sort_type=alpha&result_place=1&search_id=h5Sx-nTaC9b-24269&hilite=50124982 "K". ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989, online]</ref> This, in turn, wis likely adaptit bi Semites who haed lived in Egyp frae the hieroglyph for [[haund (hieroglyph)|"haund" representin D]] in the Egyptian wird for haund, ''d-r-t''. The Semites evidently assigned it the soond value {{IPA|/k/}} instead, acause their wird for haund stairtit wi that soond.<ref>Cyrus H. Gordon: ''[http://www.jstor.org/pss/543451 The Accidental Invention of the Phonemic Alphabet]''</ref> In modren-day Inglis slang, the wird "k" is uised as a substitute for the abbreviation "O.K.", or "[[Okay]]." In [[Internaitional Morse code]] it is uised tae mean "[[Voice procedure|ower]]".<ref>{{cite web
The letter K comes frae the letter Κ ([[kappa]]), which wis taken frae the [[Semitic]] [[kaph|kap]], the seembol for an open haund.<ref name="OED">[http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50124982?query_type=word&queryword=k&first=1&max_to_show=10&sort_type=alpha&result_place=1&search_id=h5Sx-nTaC9b-24269&hilite=50124982 "K". ''The Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989, online]</ref> This, in turn, wis likely adaptit bi Semites who haed lived in Egyp frae the hieroglyph for [[haund (hieroglyph)|"haund" representin D]] in the Egyptian wird for haund, ''d-r-t''. The Semites evidently assigned it the soond value {{IPA|/k/}} instead, acause wird for haund stairtit wi that soond.<ref>Cyrus H. Gordon: ''[http://www.jstor.org/pss/543451 The Accidental Invention of the Phonemic Alphabet]''</ref> In modren-day Inglis slang, the wird "k" is uised as a substitute for the abbreviation "O.K.", or "[[Okay]]." In [[Internaitional Morse code]] it is uised tae mean "[[Voice procedure|ower]]".<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://morsecode.scphillips.com/morse.html
|url=http://morsecode.scphillips.com/morse.html
|title=International Morse Code
|title=International Morse Code
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In the earliest [[Latin]] inscriptions, the letters C, K an Q wur aw uised tae represent the soonds /k/ an /g/ (which wur nae differentiatit in writin). O these, Q wis uised tae represent /k/ or /g/ afore a roondit vowel, K afore /a/, an C elsewhaur. Later, the uise o C (an its variant G) replaced maist uisages o K an Q. K survived anly in a few fossilized fairms such as ''Kalendae'', "the [[calends]]".<ref>{{cite book |title=New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin |first=Andrew L. |last=Sihler |edition=illustrated |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1995 |location=New York |ISBN=0-19-508345-8 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=IeHmqKY2BqoC |pages=21 }}</ref>
In the earliest [[Latin]] inscriptions, the letters C, K an Q wur aw uised tae represent the soonds /k/ an /g/ (which wur nae differentiatit in writin). O , Q wis uised tae represent /k/ or /g/ afore a roondit vowel, K afore /a/, an C elsewhaur. Later, the uise o C (an its variant G) replaced maist uisages o K an Q. K survived anly in a few fossilized fairms as ''Kalendae'', "the [[calends]]".<ref>{{cite book |title=New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin |first=Andrew L. |last=Sihler |edition=illustrated |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1995 |location=New York |ISBN=0-19-508345-8 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=IeHmqKY2BqoC |pages=21 }}</ref>


When [[Roman leid|Greek]] wirds wur taken intae Latin, the Kappa wis chynged tae C, wi a few exceptions such as the [[praenomen]] '[[Kaeso]]'.<ref name="OED" /> Some wirds frae ither alphabets wur an aa transliteratit wi C. Hence, the [[Romance leids]] hae 'K' anly in wirds frae ither leid groups. The [[Celtic leids]] an aa chose 'C' ower 'K', an this influence carried ower intae [[Auld Inglis]]. The day, Inglis is the anly [[Germanic leid]] tae productively uise haird C in addeetion tae K (although [[Dutch leid|Dutch]] uises it in learned wirds o Latin origin an follaes the same haird/saft distinction in such wirds).
When [[Roman leid|Greek]] wirds wur taken intae Latin, the Kappa wis chynged tae C, wi a few exceptions as the [[praenomen]] '[[Kaeso]]'.<ref name="OED" /> Some wirds frae ither alphabets wur an aa transliteratit wi C. Hence, the [[Romance leids]] hae 'K' anly in wirds frae ither leid groups. The [[Celtic leids]] an aa chose 'C' ower 'K', an this influence carried ower intae [[Auld Inglis]]. The day, Inglis is the anly [[Germanic leid]] tae productively uise haird C in addeetion tae K ( [[Dutch leid|Dutch]] uises it in learned wirds o Latin origin an follaes the same haird/saft distinction in wirds).
Some Inglis linguists prefer tae reverse the Latin transleeteration process for proper names in Greek, spellin ''[[Hecate]]'' as "Hekate", for example. An the writin doun o leids that dae nae hae thair awn alphabet wi the Latin ane haes resultit in a staundartization o the letter for this soond, as in 'Kwakiutl'.
Some Inglis linguists prefer tae reverse the Latin transleeteration process for proper names in Greek, spellin ''[[Hecate]]'' as "Hekate", for . An the writin doun o leids that dae nae hae thair awn alphabet wi the Latin ane haes resultit in a staundartization o the letter for this soond, as in 'Kwakiutl'.
In the [[Internaitional Phonetic Alphabet]], {{IPA|[k]}} is the seembol for the [[voiceless velar plosive]].
In the [[Internaitional Phonetic Alphabet]], {{IPA|[k]}} is the seembol for the [[voiceless velar plosive]].


Several ither alphabets uise characters wi sharp angles tae indicate the soond {{IPA|/k/}} or syllables that stairt wi a {{IPA|/k/}}, for example: [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic]] 'ك', [[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew]] 'כ' or 'ק', [[Hangul|Korean]] 'ㄱ'. This kind o phonetic-visual association wis studied bi [[Wolfgang Köhler]]. However, thare are an aa mony examples o roondit letters for {{IPA|/k/}}, like 'క' in [[Telugu script|Telugu]], 'ก' an 'ค' in [[Thai alphabet|Thai]], 'Ք' in [[Armenian alphabet|Armenian]], 'ክ' in [[Geez leid|Geez]], an 'C' in [[Latin alphabet|Latin]].
Several ither alphabets uise characters wi sharp angles tae indicate the soond {{IPA|/k/}} or syllables that stairt wi a {{IPA|/k/}}, for : [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic]] 'ك', [[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew]] 'כ' or 'ק', [[Hangul|Korean]] 'ㄱ'. This o phonetic-visual association wis studied bi [[Wolfgang Köhler]]. , thare are an aa mony o roondit letters for {{IPA|/k/}}, 'క' in [[Telugu script|Telugu]], 'ก' an 'ค' in [[Thai alphabet|Thai]], 'Ք' in [[Armenian alphabet|Armenian]], 'ክ' in [[Geez leid|Geez]], an 'C' in [[Latin alphabet|Latin]].


==Relatit letters an ither similar characters==
==Relatit letters an ither similar characters==

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K
K
ISO basic Laitin alphabet
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg
Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn
Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu
Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

Cursive script 'k' and capital 'K' in the U.S. D'Nealian script style

K (named kay /ˈkeɪ/)[1] is the elevent letter o the ISO basic Latin alphabet.

History an uisage

K is the 11t letter o the Inglis alphabet. In Inglis, the letter K uisually represents the voiceless velar plosive; this soond is an aa transcribed bi /k/ in the Internaitional Phonetic Alphabet an X-SAMPA.

Egyptian hieroglyph D Proto-Semitic K Phoenician
K 		Etruscan K Greek
Kappa
d

The letter K comes frae the letter Κ (kappa), which wis taken frae the Semitic kap, the seembol for an open haund.[2] This, in turn, wis likely adaptit bi Semites who haed lived in Egyp frae the hieroglyph for "haund" representin D in the Egyptian wird for haund, d-r-t. The Semites evidently assigned it the soond value /k/ instead, acause thair wird for haund stairtit wi that soond.[3] In modren-day Inglis slang, the wird "k" is uised as a substitute for the abbreviation "O.K.", or "Okay." In Internaitional Morse code it is uised tae mean "ower".[4]

In the earliest Latin inscriptions, the letters C, K an Q wur aw uised tae represent the soonds /k/ an /g/ (which wur nae differentiatit in writin). O thir, Q wis uised tae represent /k/ or /g/ afore a roondit vowel, K afore /a/, an C elsewhaur. Later, the uise o C (an its variant G) replaced maist uisages o K an Q. K survived anly in a few fossilized fairms sic as Kalendae, "the calends".[5]

When Greek wirds wur taken intae Latin, the Kappa wis chynged tae C, wi a few exceptions sic as the praenomen 'Kaeso'.[2] Some wirds frae ither alphabets wur an aa transliteratit wi C. Hence, the Romance leids hae 'K' anly in wirds frae ither leid groups. The Celtic leids an aa chose 'C' ower 'K', an this influence carried ower intae Auld Inglis. The day, Inglis is the anly Germanic leid tae productively uise haird C in addeetion tae K (awtho Dutch uises it in learned wirds o Latin origin an follaes the same haird/saft distinction in sic wirds).

Some Inglis linguists prefer tae reverse the Latin transleeteration process for proper names in Greek, spellin Hecate as "Hekate", for ensaumple. An the writin doun o leids that dae nae hae thair awn alphabet wi the Latin ane haes resultit in a staundartization o the letter for this soond, as in 'Kwakiutl'.

In the Internaitional Phonetic Alphabet, [k] is the seembol for the voiceless velar plosive.

Several ither alphabets uise characters wi sharp angles tae indicate the soond /k/ or syllables that stairt wi a /k/, for ensaumple: Arabic 'ك', Hebrew 'כ' or 'ק', Korean 'ㄱ'. This kynd o phonetic-visual association wis studied bi Wolfgang Köhler. Houiver, thare are an aa mony ensaumples o roondit letters for /k/, lik 'క' in Telugu, 'ก' an 'ค' in Thai, 'Ք' in Armenian, 'ክ' in Geez, an 'C' in Latin.

Relatit letters an ither similar characters

Computin codes

Character K k
Unicode name LATIN CAIPITAL LETTER K     LATIN SMAA LETTER K
Encodins decimal hex decimal hex
Unicode 75 U+004B 107 U+006B
UTF-8 75 4B 107 6B
Numeric chairacter reference &#75; &#x4B; &#107; &#x6B;
EBCDIC faimily 210 D2 146 92
ASCII 1 75 4B 107 6B
1 An aa for encodings based on ASCII, includin the DOS, Windows, ISO-8859 an Macintosh faimilies o encodins.

Ither representations

See an aa

Notes

  1. ↑ "K" Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993); "kay," op. cit.
  2. ↑ a b "K". The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989, online
  3. ↑ Cyrus H. Gordon: The Accidental Invention of the Phonemic Alphabet
  4. ↑ Stephen Phillips (4 Juin 2009). "International Morse Code".
  5. ↑ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995). New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin (illustrated ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 21. ISBN 0-19-508345-8.

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  • Media relatit tae K at Wikimedia Commons
  • The dictionar defineetion o K at Wiktionary
  • The dictionar defineetion o k at Wiktionary


The ISO basic Laitin alphabet
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
Letter K with diacritics
Ḱḱ Ǩǩ Ķķ Ḳḳ Ḵḵ Ƙƙ Ⱪⱪ ᶄ Ꝁꝁ K̂k̂
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