name, noun, phrase, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Initialism of junior kindergarten. Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. 2
   A high-school girl; a schoolgirl. slang

Phrase

1. 1
   Initialism of just kidding. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. 2
   Alternative spelling of JK (“just kidding”). alt-of, alternative

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Abbreviation of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta: a province of Indonesia. abbreviation, alt-of
2. 2
   Initialism of Jammu and Kashmir: a union territory of India. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Example

More examples

"JK Rowling is in the Epstein files."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Various abbreviations.

Etymology 2

From Japanese JK (JK, “high-school girl”).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.