What ك means
It writes the Arabic /k/ sound. Joined to a word, kaf can also work as a prefix meaning “like” or as a suffix meaning “you” or “your”; its position alone does not tell you which job it has.
Arabic writing developed from Nabataean Aramaic, an older script. A full Arabic letter inventory is attested by the late fifth century CE. Early Arabic writing includes both compact and more calligraphic forms of kaf.
Who writes ك
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsThe /k/ consonant sound
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Hebrew Letter Kaf
Hebrew kaph belongs to the same historical letter family as Arabic kaf.
Phoenician Letter Kaf
Phoenician kaph is a historical relative of Arabic kaf and the ancestor of Greek kappa.
Latin Capital Letter K
Latin K descends through Greek kappa from Phoenician kaph, a relative of Arabic kaf.
Alphabet
Questions people ask
1Why does Arabic kaf change shape?
It is still the same letter. Arabic writing joins neighbouring letters, so a font displays kaf in a form suited to its position and connections.
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kLatin Small Letter K
کArabic Letter Keheh
ػArabic Letter Keheh With Two Dots Above
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ګArabic Letter Kaf With Ring
ڬArabic Letter Kaf With Dot Above
ڮArabic Letter Kaf With Three Dots Below
گArabic Letter Gaf
ܟSyriac Letter Kaph
ݿArabic Letter Kaf With Two Dots Above
ކThaana Letter Kaafu
ߞNKo Letter KaࢍArabic Letter Keheh With Two Dots Vertically Below
ࢰArabic Letter Gaf With Inverted Stroke
ࢴArabic Letter Kaf With Dot Below
ᭅBalinese Letter Kaf SasakﰷArabic Ligature Kaf With Alef Isolated FormﰸArabic Ligature Kaf With Jeem Isolated FormﰹArabic Ligature Kaf With Hah Isolated FormﰺArabic Ligature Kaf With Khah Isolated FormﰻArabic Ligature Kaf With Lam Isolated FormﰼArabic Ligature Kaf With Meem Isolated FormﰽArabic Ligature Kaf With Alef Maksura Isolated FormﰾArabic Ligature Kaf With Yeh Isolated FormﲀArabic Ligature Kaf With Alef Final FormﲁArabic Ligature Kaf With Lam Final FormﲂArabic Ligature Kaf With Meem Final FormﲃArabic Ligature Kaf With Alef Maksura Final FormﲄArabic Ligature Kaf With Yeh Final FormﳄArabic Ligature Kaf With Jeem Initial FormﳅArabic Ligature Kaf With Hah Initial FormﳆArabic Ligature Kaf With Khah Initial FormﳇArabic Ligature Kaf With Lam Initial FormﳈArabic Ligature Kaf With Meem Initial FormﳫArabic Ligature Kaf With Lam Medial FormﳬArabic Ligature Kaf With Meem Medial FormﶷArabic Ligature Kaf With Meem With Yeh Final FormﶻArabic Ligature Kaf With Meem With Meem Final FormﷃArabic Ligature Kaf With Meem With Meem Initial FormﷳArabic Ligature Akbar Isolated FormﻙArabic Letter Kaf Isolated FormﻚArabic Letter Kaf Final FormﻛArabic Letter Kaf Initial FormﻜArabic Letter Kaf Medial Form𐡊Imperial Aramaic Letter Kaph𐡪Palmyrene Letter Kaph
𐩫Old South Arabian Letter Kaph𐪋Old North Arabian Letter Kaf𐫐Manichaean Letter Kaph𐴑Hanifi Rohingya Letter Ka𐺝Yezidi Letter KafArabic Letter Kaf With Two Dots Vertically Below𐽷Old Uyghur Letter Kaph𐾻Chorasmian Letter Kaph𐿪Elymaic Letter Kaph𞤑Adlam Capital Letter Kaf
𞤳Adlam Small Letter Kaf𞸊Arabic Mathematical Kaf𞸪Arabic Mathematical Initial Kaf𞹪Arabic Mathematical Stretched Kaf
֑Hebrew Accent Etnahta
֒Hebrew Accent Segol
֓Hebrew Accent Shalshelet
֔Hebrew Accent Zaqef Qatan
֕Hebrew Accent Zaqef GadolHow to type or find ك
- Also called
- kaf · kaaf · kāf
- Search it as
- Arabic k · Persian kaf · Urdu kaf
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ك
HTML hex
ك
CSS content
content: "\0643";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%D9%83
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.