Ke (Armenian letter)
Keh, or Kʼe (majuscule: Ք; minuscule: ք; Armenian: քե; Classical Armenian: քէ) is the thirty sixth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiceless aspirated velar plosive (/kʰ/) in both Eastern and Western varieties of Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 9000.[1] Its shape in lowercase form resembles to the Latin letter P (p), but stroked.
| Ke | |
|---|---|
| Ք ք | |
 | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Armenian script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Armenian language |
| Phonetic usage | kʰ |
| Unicode codepoint | U+0554, U+0584 |
| Alphabetical position | 34 Numerical value: 9000 |
| History | |
| Development |
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| Time period | 405 to present |
| Other | |
| Associated numbers | 9000 |
| Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Computing codes
| Preview | Ք | ք | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER KEH | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER KEH | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 1364 | U+0554 | 1412 | U+0584 |
| UTF-8 | 213 148 | D5 94 | 214 132 | D6 84 |
| Numeric character reference | Ք | Ք | ք | ք |
See also
- Armenian alphabet
- Mesrop Mashtots
- K (Latin)
- P (Latin)
References
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