kappa

Also known as Κ, κ

thumb|right|75px|Variant kappa|class=skin-invert-image thumb|right|Greek word καί written with a handwritten variant of kappa, from the Byzantine period|class=skin-invert-image Kappa (; uppercase Κ, lowercase κ or cursive ; , káppa) is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiceless velar plosive sound in Ancient and Modern Greek. In the system of Greek numerals, has a value of 20. It was derived from the Phoenician letter kaph (𐤊). Letters that arose from kappa include the Roman K and Cyrillic К. The uppercase form is identical to the Latin K.

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Kappa is the tenth letter of the Greek alphabet that represents a hard "k" sound in both ancient and modern Greek. It has influenced other writing systems, serving as the origin for the Roman letter K and the Cyrillic letter К, and holds the numerical value of 20 in the Greek numeral system.

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Commons category: Kappa (letter)
Unicode character: ϰ
TeX string: \varkappa
Commons gallery: Κ

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Greek proper names and placenames containing kappa are often written in English with "c" due to the Romans' transliterations into the Latin alphabet: Constantinople, Corinth, Crete. All formal modern romanizations of Greek now use the letter "k", however.