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| Basic Latin alphabet | |||||
| Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd | ||
| Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | ||
| Ii | Jj | Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn |
| Oo | Pp | Rr | Ss | Tt | |
| Uu | Vv | Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz |
K (and k) is the eleventh letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English (pronounced /ˈkeɪ/) is spelled kay.[1]
Codes for computing
| NATO phonetic | Morse code |
| Kilo | –·– |
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| Signal flag | Flag semaphore | Braille |
In Unicode, the capital K is codepoint U+004B and the lower case k is U+006B.
The ASCII code for capital K is 75 and for lowercase k is 107; or in binary 01001011 and 01101011, correspondingly.
The EBCDIC code for capital K is 210, and for lowercase k, 146.
The numeric character references in HTML and XML are "K" and "k" for upper and lower case respectively.
Used at the end of a graffiti crew name to signify "King" status within the inner-city. The first graffiti crew to use this was OFAK of California(South and North).
See also
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- Ƙ (hooked K)
- К, к - Ka (Cyrillic)
- Κ, κ or ϰ - Kappa (Greek)
- “K” replacing “C” in Satiric misspelling
Notes
- ^ "K" Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993); "kay," op. cit.
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| Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd | Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Jj | Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Pp | Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Vv | Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz | |
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Letter K with diacritics
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