Ke (Armenian letter)
Appearance
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Ke | |
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Ք ք | |
Usage | |
Writing system | Armenian script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Armenian language |
Sound values | kʰ |
In Unicode | U+0554, U+0584 |
Alphabetical position | 36 Numerical value: 9000 |
History | |
Development |
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Time period | 405 to present |
Other | |
Associated numbers | 9000 |
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.
Computing codes
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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 |
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