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]
| Ken | |
|---|---|
| Կ կ | |
 | |
| 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 |
Character codes edit
| Preview | Կ | կ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
See also edit
- Tsa, the letter preceding Ken in the Armenian alphabet
- Armenian alphabet
References edit
- ^ "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF).
- ^ "Numbers in Eastern Armenian". Omniglot.com.