К

See also: қ, к, Қ, ќ, Ќ, k, K, and к.

К U+041A, К
CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER KA
Й
[U+0419]
Cyrillic Л
[U+041B]

Translingual

Letter

К (lower case к)

  1. A letter of several Cyrillic alphabets.

Bashkir

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /k/

Letter

К • (K) (lower case к)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Bashkir alphabet

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): [k]

Letter

К • (K) (upper case, lower case к)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called къ (k), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Eastern Mari

Letter

К • (K) (upper case, lower case к)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Eastern Mari alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ك
Cyrillic К
Latin K

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /k/

Letter

К • (K) (upper case, lower case к)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Kazakh Cyrillic alphabet

See also

Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k/, /q/

Letter

К • (K) (upper case, lower case к)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet, called ка (ka), and written in the Cyrillic script.

Usage notes

The phoneme /k/ becomes /q/ when adjacent to back vowels (а (a), о (o), у (u), and ы (ı)) in non-loanwords. In loanwords, it is always /k/.

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [kə]

Letter

К • (K) (upper case, lower case к) (italics: К, к)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Macedonian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Mongolian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰ/, /x/

Letter

К • (K) (upper case, lower case к) (italics: К, к)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Mongolian alphabet, called ка (ka), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Pannonian Rusyn

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈk]

Letter

К (K) (upper case, lower case к)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Pannonian Rusyn alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Romanian

Letter

К (C) (upper case, lower case к)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Moldovan alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

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Russian

Etymology 1

Letter

К • (K) (upper case, lower case к)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Russian alphabet, called ка (ka), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Etymology 2

Abbreviation of конь (konʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [konʲ] (phonetic respelling: конь)

Noun

К • (Km anim (indeclinable)

  1. (chess) Kt (knight)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • K (Serbo-Croatian Latin, Roman alphabet)

Letter

К (upper case, lower case к)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet. It is preceded by the letter Ј (J) and is followed by the letter Л (L).

Tajik

Letter

К • (K) (upper case, lower case к)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Tajik alphabet, called ке (ke), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [k]
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

К • (K) (upper case, lower case к)

  1. The fifteenth letter of the Ukrainian alphabet, called ке (ke), and written in the Cyrillic script.

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