K with diagonal stroke

K with diagonal stroke (Ꝃ, ꝃ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from K with the addition of a diagonal bar through the leg.

Latin letter K with diagonal stroke

Usage

This letter is used in medieval texts as an abbreviation for kalendas, calends, as well as for karta and kartam, a document or writ.[1][2] The same function could also be performed by "K with stroke" (Ꝁ, ꝁ), or "K with stroke and diagonal stroke" (Ꝅ, ꝅ).[1]

In the Breton language, this letter is used, mainly from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, to abbreviate Ker.[3]

  • Tomb of Louis-Marie-Gabriel Le Coat de Kerveguen
  • Kersan river
  • Menhir of Kerluhir
  • Ker Hermine

Computer encodings

Capital and small K with diagonal stroke is encoded in Unicode as of version 5.1, at codepoints U+A742 and U+A743.[4][5]

References
  1. "Proposal to add medievalist characters to the UCS" (PDF). 30 January 2006. International Organization for Standardization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  2. Cappelli, Lexicon Abbreviaturarum, p. 195.
  3. Andries, Patrick (2003-03-25). "Entretien avec Ken Whistler, directeur technique du consortium Unicode". Document Numérique (in French). 6 (3–4): 329–351. doi:10.3166/dn.6.3-4.329-351. ISSN 1279-5127.
  4. "Unicode Character 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K WITH DIAGONAL STROKE' (U+A742)". Fileformat.info. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  5. "Unicode Character 'LATIN SMALL LETTER K WITH DIAGONAL STROKE' (U+A743)". Fileformat.info. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

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