K with stroke

K with stroke (Ꝁ, ꝁ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from K with the addition of a bar through the letter.

Latin letter K with stroke

It was used in Latin as an abbreviation for words that start with k. In Old Norse it was used for "konungr" (king) or to abbreviate the word "skulu" (shall) to "sꝁ".[1]

Computer encodings

Capital and small K with stroke is encoded in Unicode as of version 5.1, at codepoints U+A740 and U+A741.[2][3]

gollark: I have my own cool™ UI design style now.
gollark: osmarks.tk's doesn't.
gollark: Non-terminal OS management is really about as complex as using a terminal, you're just used to Windows' terrible GUIs.
gollark: Terminals are good for some stuff, like file management, and system management, but if I read an ebook I want stuff like "non-monospaced text" and "any formatting".
gollark: Because some stuff is better not done in it.

References
  1. "Proposal to add medievalist characters to the UCS" (PDF). 30 January 2006. International Organization for Standardization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  2. "Unicode Character 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K WITH STROKE' (U+A740)". Fileformat.info. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  3. "Unicode Character 'LATIN SMALL LETTER K WITH STROKE' (U+A741)". Fileformat.info. Retrieved 2 January 2011.

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