See capital K and lowercase k in cursive. Capital K is a stem with two strokes meeting at its center, and lowercase k adds a small tucked loop beside a tall stem.
These steps follow the traditional school letters shown above. Other handwriting systems may form K differently, so stay consistent with the style you are learning.
Capital K in cursive
Begin with a small hook at the top left and pull the stem down to the baseline.
From the top right, bring a curved stroke down and in to touch the stem near the midline.
Kick the stroke back out to the right and finish with a small curl on the baseline.
Lowercase k in cursive
Sweep up from the baseline into a narrow loop that reaches the top line.
Come straight down to the baseline and retrace up toward the midline.
Make a small tucked loop at the midline, then kick out to the baseline for the exit.
Common mistakes with cursive K
Skipping the tucked loop, which makes lowercase k read as h.
Making the small loop as high as the stem instead of keeping it near the midline.
Separating the upper and lower arms of capital K so they no longer meet at the stem.
Common cursive k connections
ka
ke
ki
kn
ky
Words that start with K in cursive
kindness
kite
keep
kitchen
Cursive K copy and paste
Click a character to copy it. These are Unicode characters, so they work in bios and messages but look different from the handwriting above. For a whole word, use the cursive generator.
Free cursive K worksheet
Trace the pair on each line, then write it yourself on the empty line below. Print it at full page size.
