K with diagonal stroke (Ꝃ, ꝃ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from K with the addition of a diagonal bar through the leg.
This letter is used in medieval texts as an abbreviation for kalendas, calends, as well as for karta and kartam, a document or writ. [1] [2] The same function could also be performed by " K with stroke" (Ꝁ, ꝁ), or " K with stroke and diagonal stroke" (Ꝅ, ꝅ). [1]
In the Breton language, this letter is used, mainly from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, to abbreviate Ker, a prefix used in place names, similar to the Welsh caer. [3]
Capital and small K with diagonal stroke is encoded in Unicode as of version 5.1, at codepoints U+A742 and U+A743. [4] [5]
K with diagonal stroke (Ꝃ, ꝃ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from K with the addition of a diagonal bar through the leg.
This letter is used in medieval texts as an abbreviation for kalendas, calends, as well as for karta and kartam, a document or writ. [1] [2] The same function could also be performed by " K with stroke" (Ꝁ, ꝁ), or " K with stroke and diagonal stroke" (Ꝅ, ꝅ). [1]
In the Breton language, this letter is used, mainly from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, to abbreviate Ker, a prefix used in place names, similar to the Welsh caer. [3]
Capital and small K with diagonal stroke is encoded in Unicode as of version 5.1, at codepoints U+A742 and U+A743. [4] [5]