Open broadly your left hand and spread your fingers wide. Looking at your palm you now see what was initially represented by the letter K. Upon closer inspection, I seem to have one too many fingers. K probably represented the right hand though, since ours is a reflection of the Phoenician alphabet, which read from right to left.
In Malabar Pro by Dan Reynolds, the k lets some light in by allowing the counters to push open the join between the stem and diagonal strokes.
