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 systemArmenian script
TypeAlphabetic
Language of originArmenian language
Sound valuesk (Eastern Armenian)
ɡ (Western Armenian)
In UnicodeU+53F, U+56F
Alphabetical position15
Numerical value: 60
History
Development
  • Կ կ
Time period405 to present
Other
Associated numbers60
Writing directionLeft-to-Right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

Character codes

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Character information
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

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References

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  1. ^ "Transliteration of Armenian" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Numbers in Eastern Armenian". Omniglot.com.
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  • Դ on Wiktionary
  • դ on Wiktionary