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A blank square in a chart, the default stitch.
Also known as: Blank square in a knitting chart, Plain knit
An empty square. The knit stitch is so common that charts leave it blank rather than marking it, which makes the chart readable as a picture — the marked squares are the ones that do something unusual.
An empty square in a knitting chart, denoting a knit stitch on a right-side row and a purl stitch on a wrong-side row.
Left blank deliberately: the knit stitch is the commonest, and marking it would fill the chart and hide the structure. The marked squares are the ones doing something, which is what makes a chart readable at a glance.
Abbreviated 'k' in written patterns, with a following number giving a repeat count: k2 means knit two stitches.
An empty square in a grid, with no mark inside it.
Knit and purl are the two base stitches and are each other's reverse.