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border-width: 0px; max-width: 55.8em; margin: 0 auto 0 auto"> <a id="top"></a> <h1 id="titleHeading" style="background-color: white; margin: 0;">К</h1> <div id="mw-content-text"> <div class="tense-section"> <table style="border:1px solid #aaa; border-spacing:5px; background-color:#f9f9f9; color:black; margin:0 0 0.5em 0.5em; padding:4px; float:right; clear:right; width:360px; text-align:left; line-height:1.5em;"><tbody><tr><th style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"> <table><tbody><tr> <td><bdi class="character-sample-primary Cyrl">К</bdi></td> <td> <a href="http://unicode.org/cldr/utility/character.jsp?a=041A" class="external">U+041A</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20XML%20and%20HTML%20character%20entity%20references" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references" class="external">&#1050;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER KA</div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; text-align: center"><tbody><tr> <td style="width: 20%;"> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%99" title="Й">← <bdi class="character-sample-secondary Cyrl">Й</bdi> [U+0419]</a> </td> <td style="width: 60%; font-size:110%">Cyrillic </td> <td style="width: 20%;"> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%9B" title="Л"><bdi class="character-sample-secondary Cyrl">Л</bdi> → [U+041B]</a> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="disambig-see-also" id="mwAw"> See also: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D2%9B" title="қ">қ</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA" title="к">к</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D2%9A" title="Қ">Қ</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%9C" title="ќ">ќ</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%8C" title="Ќ">Ќ</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/k" title="k">k</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/K" title="K">K</a>, and <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA." title="к.">к.</a> </div> </div> <div class="tense-section"> <h2 id="mwBA">Translingual</h2> <h3 id="mwBQ">Letter</h3> К upper case (lower case <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA" title="к">к</a>) <ol id="mwCQ"><li id="mwCg"> A letter of several <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Cyrillic" title="Cyrillic" id="mwCw">Cyrillic</a> alphabets.</li></ol> <hr id="mwDA"> </div> <div class="tense-section"> <h2 id="mwDQ">Russian</h2> <h3 id="mwDg">Etymology</h3> Abbreviation of <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C" title="конь">конь</a> ‎(konʹ). <h3 id="mwEg">Pronunciation</h3> <ul id="mwEw"><li id="mwFA"> IPA(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20phonology" title="wikipedia:Russian phonology" class="external">key</a>): [konʲ] (phonetic respelling: конь) </li></ul> <h3 id="mwFg">Noun</h3> К • ‎(K) <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> <abbr title="animate">anim</abbr> ‎(indeclinable) <ol id="mwGg"><li id="mwGw"> (<a href="https://www.definify.com/word/chess" title="chess">chess</a>) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Kt" title="Kt" id="mwHg">Kt</a> (<a href="https://www.definify.com/word/knight" title="knight" id="mwHw">knight</a>)</li></ol> <hr id="mwIA"> </div> <div class="tense-section"> <h2 id="mwIQ">Serbo-Croatian</h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px"> <img src="https://www.definify.com/images_main/Cyrillic_letter_Ka_-_uppercase_and_lowercase.svg.png" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2300" data-file-type="drawing" height="127" width="220" id="mwJA"><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left"></div> </div></div> <h3 id="mwJQ">Alternative forms</h3> <ul id="mwJg"><li id="mwJw"> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/K" title="K">K</a> (Serbo-Croatian Latin/Roman alphabet)</li></ul> <h3 id="mwKQ">Letter</h3> К ‎(upper case, lower case <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA" title="к">к</a>) <ol id="mwLQ"><li id="mwLg"> The twelfth letter of the Serbo-Croatian <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Cyrillic" title="Cyrillic" id="mwLw">Cyrillic</a> alphabet. It is preceded by the letter <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%88" title="Ј">Ј</a> (J) and is followed by the letter <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%9B" title="Л">Л</a> (L).</li></ol> <hr id="mwNA"> </div> <div class="tense-section"> <h2 id="mwNQ">Tajik</h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px"> <img src="https://www.definify.com/images_main/Cyrillic_letter_Ka_-_uppercase_and_lowercase.svg.png" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2300" data-file-type="drawing" height="127" width="220" id="mwOA"><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left"></div> </div></div> <h3 id="mwOQ">Letter</h3> К • ‎(K) ‎(upper case, lower case <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA" title="к">к</a>) <ol id="mwPQ"><li id="mwPg"> The fourteenth letter of the Tajik <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Cyrillic" title="Cyrillic" id="mwPw">Cyrillic</a> alphabet. It is preceded by the letter <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%99" title="Й">Й</a> ‎(Y) (Yi) and is followed by the letter <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D2%9A" title="Қ">Қ</a> ‎(Q) (Qe).</li></ol> <div></div>  </div> </div> </div> <h2 class="blog-post-title">к</h2> <div id="content" class="mw-body" style="padding: 1em; border-width: 0px; max-width: 55.8em; margin: 0 auto 0 auto"> <a id="top"></a> <h1 id="titleHeading" style="background-color: white; margin: 0;">к</h1> <div id="mw-content-text"> <div class="tense-section"> <table style="border:1px solid #aaa; border-spacing:5px; background-color:#f9f9f9; color:black; margin:0 0 0.5em 0.5em; padding:4px; float:right; clear:right; width:360px; text-align:left; line-height:1.5em;"><tbody><tr><th style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"> <table><tbody><tr> <td><bdi class="character-sample-primary Cyrl">к</bdi></td> <td> <a href="http://unicode.org/cldr/utility/character.jsp?a=043A" class="external">U+043A</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20XML%20and%20HTML%20character%20entity%20references" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references" class="external">&#1082;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">CYRILLIC SMALL LETTER KA</div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> <table style="width: 100%; text-align: center"><tbody><tr> <td style="width: 20%;"> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B9" title="й">← <bdi class="character-sample-secondary Cyrl">й</bdi> [U+0439]</a> </td> <td style="width: 60%; font-size:110%">Cyrillic </td> <td style="width: 20%;"> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BB" title="л"><bdi class="character-sample-secondary Cyrl">л</bdi> → [U+043B]</a> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="disambig-see-also" id="mwAw"> See also: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D2%9B" title="қ">қ</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%9A" title="К">К</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%9C" title="ќ">ќ</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%8C" title="Ќ">Ќ</a>, and <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA." title="к.">к.</a> </div> </div> <div class="tense-section"> <h2 id="mwBA">Ossetian</h2> <h3 id="mwDA">Letter</h3> к • ‎(k) ‎(upper case <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%9A" title="К">К</a>) <ol id="mwEA"><li id="mwEQ"> The fourteenth letter of the <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Ossetian" title="Ossetian" id="mwEw">Ossetian</a> alphabet </li></ol> <h3 id="mwFA">See also</h3> <ul id="mwFQ"><li id="mwFg"> (Cyrillic script letters) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%90" title="А">А</a> ‎(A) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B0" title="а">а</a> ‎(a), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D3%94" title="Ӕ">Ӕ</a> ‎(Æ) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D3%95" title="ӕ">ӕ</a> ‎(æ), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%91" title="Б">Б</a> ‎(B) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B1" title="б">б</a> ‎(b), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%92" title="В">В</a> ‎(V) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B2" title="в">в</a> ‎(v), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%93" title="Г">Г</a> ‎(G) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B3" title="г">г</a> ‎(g), Гъ ‎(Ǧ) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B3%D1%8A" title="гъ">гъ</a> ‎(ǧ), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%94" title="Д">Д</a> ‎(D) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B4" title="д">д</a> ‎(d), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%94%D0%B6" title="Дж">Дж</a> ‎(Ǵ) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B4%D0%B6" title="дж">дж</a> ‎(ǵ), Дз ‎(Ʒ) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B4%D0%B7" title="дз">дз</a> ‎(ʒ), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%95" title="Е">Е</a> ‎(E) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B5" title="е">е</a> ‎(e), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%97" title="З">З</a> ‎(Z) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B7" title="з">з</a> ‎(z), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%98" title="И">И</a> ‎(I) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B8" title="и">и</a> ‎(i), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%99" title="Й">Й</a> ‎(J) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B9" title="й">й</a> ‎(j), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%9A" title="К">К</a> ‎(K) к ‎(k), Къ ‎(K’) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D1%8A" title="къ">къ</a> ‎(k’), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%9B" title="Л">Л</a> ‎(L) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BB" title="л">л</a> ‎(l), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%9C" title="М">М</a> ‎(M) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BC" title="м">м</a> ‎(m), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%9D" title="Н">Н</a> ‎(N) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BD" title="н">н</a> ‎(n), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%9E" title="О">О</a> ‎(O) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BE" title="о">о</a> ‎(o), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%9F" title="П">П</a> ‎(P) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BF" title="п">п</a> ‎(p), Пъ ‎(P’) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BF%D1%8A" title="пъ">пъ</a> ‎(p’), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%A0" title="Р">Р</a> ‎(R) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%80" title="р">р</a> ‎(r), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%A1" title="С">С</a> ‎(S) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%81" title="с">с</a> ‎(s), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%A2" title="Т">Т</a> ‎(T) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%82" title="т">т</a> ‎(t), Тъ ‎(Tʺ) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%82%D1%8A" title="тъ">тъ</a> ‎(t’), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%A3" title="У">У</a> ‎(U) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%83" title="у">у</a> ‎(u), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%A4" title="Ф">Ф</a> ‎(F) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%84" title="ф">ф</a> ‎(f), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%A5" title="Х">Х</a> ‎(X) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%85" title="х">х</a> ‎(x), Хъ ‎(Q) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%85%D1%8A" title="хъ">хъ</a> ‎(q), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%A6" title="Ц">Ц</a> ‎(C) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%86" title="ц">ц</a> ‎(c), Цъ ‎(C’) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%86%D1%8A" title="цъ">цъ</a> ‎(c’), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%A7" title="Ч">Ч</a> ‎(Ḱ) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%87" title="ч">ч</a> ‎(ḱ), Чъ ‎(Ḱ’) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%87%D1%8A" title="чъ">чъ</a> ‎(ḱ’), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%AB" title="Ы">Ы</a> ‎(Y) <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%8B" title="ы">ы</a> ‎(y) </li></ul> <hr id="mwGA"> </div> <div class="tense-section"> <h2 id="mwGQ">Russian</h2> <h3 id="mwGg">Etymology 1</h3> <h4 id="mwGw">Pronunciation</h4> <ul id="mwHA"> <li id="mwHQ"> IPA(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20phonology" title="wikipedia:Russian phonology" class="external">key</a>): [k] </li> </ul> <h4 id="mwIw">Letter</h4> к • ‎(k) ‎(lower case, upper case <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%9A" title="К">К</a>) <ol id="mwJw"><li id="mwKA"> The twelfth letter of the Russian <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Cyrillic" title="Cyrillic" id="mwKQ">Cyrillic</a> alphabet. Its name is <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="ка">ка</a> ‎(ka) and it has the sound of English k. It is preceded by <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B9" title="й">Й</a> ‎(J) and followed by <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BB" title="л">Л</a> ‎(L).</li></ol> <h5 id="mwMQ">See also</h5> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" id="mwMg"> <li class="gallerycaption">Letter styles</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:15px auto;"><img alt="" src="https://www.definify.com/images_main/Cyrillic_K.png" width="94" height="120" data-file-width="482" data-file-height="613"></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> Cyrillic letter К к, normal above, italics below. </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:15px auto;"><img alt="" src="https://www.definify.com/images_main/12-Russian_alphabet-___.svg.png" width="97" height="120" data-file-width="34" data-file-height="42"></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> Handwritten forms </div> </div> </li> </ul> <h3 id="mwMw">Etymology 2</h3> <h4 id="mwNA">Preposition</h4> к • ‎(k) (+ <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/dative_case" title="dative case">dative case</a>) <ol id="mwOg"> <li id="mwOw"> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/to" title="to" id="mwPA">to</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/toward" title="toward" id="mwPQ">toward</a> <dl id="mwPg"> <dd id="mwPw"> к <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BC" title="дом">дому</a> ‎(domu) — to the house </dd> <dd id="mwQw"> к <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83" title="брату">бра́ту</a>‎ ― k brátu ― to (my) brother </dd> <dd id="mwRQ"> ко <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%8F" title="я">мне</a> ‎(mne) — to me </dd> </dl> </li> <li id="mwSQ"> (time): <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/by" title="by" id="mwSw">by</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/for" title="for" id="mwTA">for</a> <dl id="mwTQ"><dd id="mwTg"> ко <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="вторник">вторнику</a> ‎(vtorniku) — by Tuesday, for Tuesday </dd></dl> </li> </ol> <h5 id="mwUg">Usage notes</h5> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%BE" title="ко">ко</a> ‎(ko) is used before words beginning with certain awkward consonant clusters such as мн- ‎(mn-), вс- ‎(vs-), вт- ‎(vt-), and сн- ‎(sn-). <h3 id="mwXg">Etymology 3</h3> Abbreviation of <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE-" title="кило-">кило-</a> ‎(kilo-). <h4 id="mwYg">Pronunciation</h4> <ul id="mwYw"><li id="mwZA"> IPA(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20phonology" title="wikipedia:Russian phonology" class="external">key</a>): [kʲɪlə] </li></ul> <h4 id="mwZw">Prefix</h4> к • ‎(k) <ol id="mwaw"><li id="mwbA"> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/k" title="k" id="mwbQ">k</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/kilo-" title="kilo-" id="mwbg">kilo-</a> (x 1000) </li></ol> <hr id="mwcw"> </div> <div class="tense-section"> <h2 id="mwdA">Serbo-Croatian</h2> <h3 id="mwdQ">Etymology 1</h3> <h4 id="mwdg">Alternative forms</h4> <ul id="mwdw"><li id="mweA"> (uppercase): <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%9A" title="К">К</a> </li></ul> <h4 id="mwew">Pronunciation</h4> <ul id="mwfA"><li id="mwfQ"> (phoneme) IPA(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbo-Croatian%20phonology" title="wikipedia:Serbo-Croatian phonology" class="external">key</a>): /k/ </li></ul> <h4 id="mwgg">Letter</h4> к ‎(Latin spelling <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/k" title="k">k</a>) <ol id="mwhg"><li id="mwhw"> The 12th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic alphabet, preceded by <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%98" title="ј">ј</a> and followed by <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BB" title="л">л</a>.</li></ol> <h5 id="mwig">See also</h5> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" id="mwiw"> <li class="gallerycaption">Letter styles</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:15px auto;"><img alt="" src="https://www.definify.com/images_main/Cyrillic_K.png" width="94" height="120" data-file-width="482" data-file-height="613"></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> Cyrillic letter К к, normal above, italics below. </div> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"> <div style="margin:15px auto;"><img alt="" src="https://www.definify.com/images_main/12-Russian_alphabet-___.svg.png" width="97" height="120" data-file-width="34" data-file-height="42"></div> </div> <div class="gallerytext"> Handwritten forms </div> </div> </li> </ul> <h3 id="mwjA">Etymology 2</h3> From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Slavic%20language" title="w:Proto-Slavic language" class="external">Proto-Slavic</a> *kъ(n), from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European%20language" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language" class="external">Proto-Indo-European</a> *kom. <h4 id="mwkw">Alternative forms</h4> <ul id="mwlA"><li id="mwlQ"> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="ка">ка</a> (See usage notes)</li></ul> <h4 id="mwlw">Preposition</h4> к ‎(Latin spelling <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/k" title="k">k</a>) <ol id="mwmw"> <li id="mwnA"> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/to" title="to" id="mwnQ">to</a> </li> <li id="mwng"> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/towards" title="towards" id="mwnw">towards</a> </li> </ol> <h5 id="mwoA">Usage notes</h5> Although both <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA" title="к">к</a> and <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="ка">ка</a> can be used synonymously, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA" title="к">к</a> must take the alternative form <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="ка">ка</a> in the following environment: <ul id="mwpg"><li id="mwpw"> before /к, г, х/: <dl id="mwqA"> <dd id="mwqQ"> ка граду - to the city</dd> <dd id="mwqw"> ка горе - towards above</dd> <dd id="mwrQ"> ка хладу - toward the shade </dd> </dl> </li></ul> <div></div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 blog-sidebar"> <div class="sidebar-module"> <div class="wmx-right-panel"> <h3 id="mwBQ">Pronunciation</h3> <ul id="mwBg"><li id="mwBw"> (phoneme) IPA(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossetian%20phonology" title="wikipedia:Ossetian phonology" class="external">key</a>): /k/ </li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar-module"> <h3>Similar Results</h3> <ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="blog-footer"> © 2025 <a href="https://www.definify.com">Definify.com</a> · All rights reserved. <a href="https://www.definify.com/terms#privacy-policy">Privacy</a> · <a 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