Kaph

Kaph
Kaph
Phoenician Hebrew Aramaic Syriac Arabic
Kaph כ,ך Kaph ܟܟ ك‍,ك
Alphabetic
derivatives
Greek Latin Cyrillic
Κ K К
Phonemic representation: k, x
Position in alphabet: 11
Numerical (Gematria/Abjad) value: 20

Kaph (also spelled Kap or Kaf) is the eleventh letter of many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew Kaf כ, Arabic alphabet Kāf ك, Persian alphabet ک. Its value is /k/.

The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Kappa (Κ), Latin K, and Cyrillic К.

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Origin of Kaph