Ke | |
Letter: | Ք ք |
Script: | Armenian script |
Type: | Alphabet |
Typedesc: | ic |
Language: | Armenian language |
Phonemes: | pronounced as /ink/ |
Unicode: | U+0554, U+0584 |
Alphanumber: | 36 |
Number: | 9000 |
Usageperiod: | 405 to present |
Keh, or Kʼe (majuscule: Ք; minuscule: ք; Armenian: քե; Classical Armenian: քէ) is the thirty-sixth letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the voiceless aspirated velar plosive (/kʰ/) in both Eastern and Western varieties of Armenian. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 9000.[1] Its shape in lowercase form resembles to the Latin letter P (p), but stroked.