Kaph
Eleventh letter of many Semitic alphabets / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kaph (also spelled kaf) is the eleventh letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician kāp 𐤊, Hebrew kāp̄ כ, Aramaic kāp 𐡊, Syriac kāp̄ ܟ, and Arabic kāf ك (in abjadi order).
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Kaph | |
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Phoenician | 𐤊 |
Hebrew | כ |
Aramaic | 𐡊 |
Syriac | ܟ |
Arabic | ك |
Phonemic representation | k (x) |
Position in alphabet | 11 |
Numerical value | 20 |
Alphabetic derivatives of the Phoenician | |
Greek | Κ |
Latin | K |
Cyrillic | К |
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The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek kappa (Κ), Latin K, and Cyrillic К.