K
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The eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet, K comes from the Greek &Kappa or &kappa (Kappa) developed from the Semitic Kap, symbol for an open hand. The Semitic sound value /k/ was maintained in most Classic as well as Modern Languages, although Latin abandoned K almost completely, preferring C. Therefore, the Romance languages have K only in foreign words.

Kilo represents the letter K in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

K is also:

• As k, kilo, an SI prefix meaning 10³ = 1,000 (one thousand) or K, a binary prefix used in computing to mean 2¹⁰ = 1,024.
• The symbol for kelvin (K) in the SI system
• In chemistry, a symbol for the element potassium (from its latin name kalium)
• An abbreviation for ketamine
• In the Library of Congress classification, the designation for books about law
• The stock symbol for Kellogg Company
• In baseball, the abbreviation for strikeout
• In Hong Kong, from 2002-now, the informal abbreviation for karaoke.
• The simplest system of modal logic (K stands for Kripke).

Note that k as in kilo (SI) is lowercased, whereas K as in kelvin or kilo (computing) is uppercased.

Two-letter combinations starting with K:

• ka kb kc kd ke kf kg kh ki kj kk kl km kn ko kp kq kr ks kt ku kv kw kx ky kz

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