Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jk

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables
jk
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Abbreviation of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta: a province of Indonesia.

name

Initialism of Jammu and Kashmir: a union territory of India.

noun

Initialism of junior kindergarten.

Canadian usage

phrase

Initialism of just kidding.

noun

A high-school girl; a schoolgirl.

Slang

phrase

Alternative letter-case form of JK (“just kidding”).

Etymology

Various abbreviations.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

JKs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

jk j/k

Questions

What does jk mean?
Abbreviation of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta: a province of Indonesia.
Where does jk come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce jk

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