Can Kaon Decay Violate Lepton Number Conservation?

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Homework Statement


I am asked to draw a feynman diagram of K^- \rightarrow \mu \nu

Homework Equations


K^- consist of s\bar{u}

The Attempt at a Solution


I wonder what the direcion of the arrows should be, my guess is something like the attached image.
edit: Ah, where the left u shoudl be an s and the right u should be an antiup. (attached the wrong pic)
 

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That decay can't happen, can it? Doesn't it violate lepton number conservation?
 
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