Kje

Kje (Ќ ќ or Ḱ ḱ; italics: Ќ ќ or Ḱ ḱ ) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, used only in the Macedonian alphabet, where it represents the voiceless palatal plosive, or the voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate. Kje is the 24th letter in this alphabet. It is romanised as $⟨ḱ⟩$ or sometimes $⟨ķ⟩$ or $⟨kj⟩$.

Words with this sound are most often cognates to those in Serbo-Croatian with $⟨ћ⟩$/$⟨ć⟩$ and in Bulgarian with $⟨щ⟩$, $⟨т⟩$ or $⟨к⟩$. For example, Macedonian ноќ (noḱ, night) corresponds to Serbo-Croatian ноћ/noć, and Bulgarian нощ (nosht). The common surname ending -ić is spelled -иќ in Macedonian.

Related letters and other similar characters

 * Ḱ ḱ : Ḱ|Latin letter K with acute
 * Ķ ķ : Ķ|Latin letter K with cedilla
 * К к : К|Cyrillic letter Ka
 * К̀ к̀ : Cyrillic letter Ka with grave
 * Ћ ћ: Cyrillic letter Tshe
 * Ѓ ѓ : Ѓ|Cyrillic letter Gje
 * Ť ť : Ť|Latin letter T with caron