k is a plosive, not fricative: there's a discontinuity in the flow of air, not a friction-sounding continuous airflow. that fits your point though, regardless.

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D-Machine 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Oops, you are right! Thank you for correcting. I checked before posting that some "k" sounds are indeed fricatives, but they definitely aren't in "kiki".

	▲	card_zero an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Well /b/ is also a plosive. :) Phonetics is out to sabotage your meaning. If I stick to the more familiar territory of bad speech synthesis on 8-bit computers using envelopes, /k/ probably starts with a burst of white noise.