After all, why do some people write K for thousand? What is the logic behind this?

After all, why do some people write K for thousand? What is the logic behind this?

Often we are very common or unaware of the things around us. ‘K’ comes in the same order. In today’s news, we are going to tell you the reason behind the use of K for thousand on social media.

We use many words in our daily life but remain unaware of the real meaning of some of them. We start using that particular word after seeing or hearing the people around us, but do not know why this word is being spoken and written. You must have seen that on social media people often use ‘K’ instead of thousand.

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You must have also seen on social media that K is written in front of thousands of likes or subscribers, but do you know the meaning of this K? If not, then in today’s article we are going to tell you its history.

According to information, this word is derived from the Greek word ‘Chilioi’, which means thousand. It is believed that the word K is derived from this word. Actually, when the Greek word ‘Chilioi’ was used in the French language, its meaning was changed from thousand to kilogram.

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If you have a good understanding of mathematics, then you would know that when we multiply something by a thousand, it is called a kilo. For example, 1000g is called 1 kilogram and 1000 meters is called 1 kilometer. After this, K was used instead of thousand in many places in the world. Reports also say that K is mentioned in the Bible instead of thousand.

When we write Kilo in the English language, its spelling starts with K (Kilogram). Now it is considered as the symbol of a thousand, so in this case, we also write K in place of thousand. For example – 25 thousand can be written as 25K.

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