K with stroke

K with stroke (Ꝁ, ꝁ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from K with the addition of a bar through the letter.

It was used in Latin as an abbreviation for words that start with k. In Old Norse it was used for "konungr" (king) or to abbreviate the word "skulu" (shall) to "sꝁ".

It is used as a phonetic symbol representing a [x].[1]

Computer encodings

Capital and small K with stroke is encoded in Unicode as of version 5.1, at codepoints U+A740 and U+A741.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Proposal to add medievalist characters to the UCS" (PDF). 30 January 2006. International Organization for Standardization. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Unicode Character 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K WITH STROKE' (U+A740)". Fileformat.info. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Unicode Character 'LATIN SMALL LETTER K WITH STROKE' (U+A741)". Fileformat.info. Retrieved 2 January 2011.


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