K with stroke (Ꝁ, ꝁ) is a letter of the

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, derived from K with the addition of a

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through the letter. It was used in

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as an abbreviation for words that start with ''k''. In

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it was used for "konungr" (king) or to abbreviate the word "skulu" (shall) to "sꝁ".

Computer encodings

Capital and small K with stroke is encoded in

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as of version 5.1, at codepoints U+A740 and U+A741.

References

Phonetic transcription symbols Latin letters with diacritics {{phonetics-stub