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Letter in the Armenian alphabet

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Ke
Ք ք

Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	kʰ
In Unicode	`U+0554, U+0584`
Alphabetical position	36 Numerical value: 9000
History
Development	𓎗 𐩤 ቀ ቅ Ք ք
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	9000
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Keh, or Kʼe (majuscule: Ք; minuscule: ք; Armenian: քե; Classical Armenian: քէ) is the thirty-sixth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiceless aspirated velar plosive (/kʰ/) in both Eastern and Western varieties of Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 9000. Its shape in lowercase form resembles to the Latin letter P (p), but stroked.

Computing codes

Character information
Preview	Ք		ք
Unicode name	ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER KEH		ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER KEH
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1364	U+0554	1412	U+0584
UTF-8	213 148	D5 94	214 132	D6 84
Numeric character reference	Ք	Ք	ք	ք

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