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Letter of the Latin alphabet Not to be confused with K with stroke and diagonal stroke.
Latin letter K with diagonal stroke
Latin letter K with diagonal stroke

K with diagonal stroke (Ꝃ, ꝃ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from K with the addition of a diagonal bar through the leg.

Usage

This letter is used in medieval texts as an abbreviation for kalendas, calends, as well as for karta and kartam, a document or writ. The same function could also be performed by "K with stroke" (Ꝁ, ꝁ), or "K with stroke and diagonal stroke" (Ꝅ, ꝅ).

In the Breton language, this letter is used, mainly from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, to abbreviate Ker, a prefix used in place names, similar to the Welsh caer.

  • Tomb of Louis-Marie-Gabriel Le Coat de Kerveguen Tomb of Louis-Marie-Gabriel Le Coat de Kerveguen
  • Kersan river Kersan river
  • Menhir of Kerluhir Menhir of Kerluhir
  • Ker Hermine Ker Hermine

Computer encodings

Capital and small K with diagonal stroke is encoded in Unicode as of version 5.1, at codepoints U+A742 and U+A743.

It may be transliterated as ⟨K'⟩ or ⟨K/⟩ as in the name of Emeline K/Bidi (French pronunciation: [kɛʁbidi]), a French Réunion politician with a Breton surname.

References

  1. ^ "Proposal to add medievalist characters to the UCS" (PDF). 30 January 2006. International Organization for Standardization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  2. Cappelli, Lexicon Abbreviaturarum, p. 195.
  3. Andries, Patrick (2003-03-25). "Entretien avec Ken Whistler, directeur technique du consortium Unicode". Document Numérique (in French). 6 (3–4): 329–351. doi:10.3166/dn.6.3-4.329-351. ISSN 1279-5127. S2CID 32020745.
  4. "Unicode Character 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K WITH DIAGONAL STROKE' (U+A742)". Fileformat.info. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  5. "Unicode Character 'LATIN SMALL LETTER K WITH DIAGONAL STROKE' (U+A743)". Fileformat.info. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  6. Philippe Guérin (10 October 2022). "Les origines bretonnes de la députée réunionnaise Emeline K/Bidi". Amicale Bretagne Réunion.

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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 Ꝃꝃ Ꝅꝅ Ꞣꞣ
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Ⱥⱥ Ƀƀ Ꞓꞓ Ȼȼ Đđ Ɖɖ Ꟈꟈ Ɇɇ ꬳ Ꞙꞙ Ꞡꞡ Ǥǥ Ħħ Ɨ ɨ 𝼚 Ɉɉ Ꝃꝃ Ꞣꞣ Ꝁꝁ Ꝅꝅ Ƚƚ Ⱡⱡ Ꝉꝉ Łłᴌ Ꞥꞥ Ɵɵ
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