The Cyrillic letter Kalooks very similar, and corresponds to theLatin letter K. In many fonts, Cyrillic Ka is differentiated from its Latin and Greek counterparts by drawing one or both of its diagonal spurs with curved instead of straight. Also in some fonts the lowercase form of Ka has the vertical bar elongated abovex-height, resembling the Latin lowercase k.
InRussian, the letter Ka represents the plainvoiceless velar plosive/k/ or the palatalized one/kʲ/; for example, the word "короткий" ("short") contains both the kinds:[kɐˈrotkʲɪj]. The palatalized variant is pronounced when the following letter in the word isь,е,ё,и,ю, orя.
