Ken | |
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Կ կ | |
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Usage | |
Writing system | Armenian script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Armenian language |
Phonetic usage | k (Eastern Armenian) ɡ (Western Armenian) |
Unicode codepoint | U+53F, U+56F |
Alphabetical position | 15 Numerical value: 60 |
History | |
Development |
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Time period | 405 to present |
Other | |
Associated numbers | 60 |
Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
Ken or Gen (majuscule: Կ; minuscule: կ; Armenian: կեն) is the fifteenth letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiceless velar plosive (/k/) in Eastern Armenian and the voiced velar plosive (/ɡ/) in Western Armenian. It is typically romanized with the letter K.[1] It was part of the alphabet created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century CE. In the Armenian numeral system, it has a value of 60.[2]
Preview | Կ | կ | ||
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Unicode name | ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER KEN | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER KEN | ||
Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
Unicode | 1343 | U+053F | 1391 | U+056F |
UTF-8 | 212 191 | D4 BF | 213 175 | D5 AF |
Numeric character reference | Կ |
Կ |
կ |
կ |