Letter 11 of 26
The letter K in braille
K is dots 1 and 3.
Dots 1-3
Unicode ⠅ — U+2805
How to recognise it
The second decade begins here: k is a with dot 3 added. Every letter from k to t is a decade-1 letter plus that one extra dot at the bottom left.
How this cell is built
K belongs to decade 2. It is the letter a with dot 3 added — the same transformation applied to every letter in this decade.
adot 3k
Easily confused with
These letters differ from K by a single dot, which is where reading errors actually happen. Drill them against each other rather than in alphabetical order.
Practice words
Each word below starts with K, written in Grade 1 so every letter has its own cell.
key
kind
keep
In Grade 2 this letter is also a word
Standing alone, K means “knowledge”. Inside a longer word it is just the letter k. See the contraction reference for the full list.