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{{short description|Letter of the Latin alphabet}}
{{Distinguish|K with stroke and diagonal stroke|Ka with stroke}}
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[[File:Latin letter K with stroke.svg|thumb|Latin letter K with stroke]]

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

It was used in [[Latin language|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".<ref>{{cite web|title=Proposal to add medievalist characters to the UCS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716181924/http://www.mufi.info/proposals/n3027-medieval.pdf |url=http://www.mufi.info/proposals/n3027-medieval.pdf |work=30 January 2006|publisher=International Organization for Standardization|accessdate=2 January 2011|archivedate=16 July 2011}}</ref>

It was also found in [[Latinisation in the Soviet Union|Latin alphabets of languages in the Soviet Union]].

==Computer encodings==
Capital and small K with stroke is encoded in [[Unicode]] as of version 5.1, at codepoints U+A740 and U+A741.<ref>{{cite web|title=Unicode Character 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K WITH STROKE' (U+A740)|url=https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/a740/index.htm |publisher=Fileformat.info|accessdate=2 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Unicode Character 'LATIN SMALL LETTER K WITH STROKE' (U+A741)|url=https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/a741/index.htm|publisher=Fileformat.info|accessdate=2 January 2011}}</ref>

==See also==

* Ҟ ҟ: [[Ka with stroke]]

==References==
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[[Category:Phonetic transcription symbols]]
[[Category:Latin letters with diacritics]]


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