U+004B "K" Latin Capital Letter K Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+004B "K" Latin Capital Letter K is a fundamental character in the Latin alphabet, representing the uppercase form of the eleventh letter used in English and many other languages. Originating from the Greek letter Kappa, it is classified as a simple uppercase letter within the Basic Latin block of Unicode, occupying a single byte in most standard encodings like ASCII. This character is used in writing to denote the voiceless velar plosive sound, commonly found at the beginning of words such as "kite" or "king," and it also frequently serves as an abbreviation for the metric prefix kilo or the chemical element potassium. Its standardized code point ensures consistent representation across digital platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+004B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Capital Letter K |
| Block | Basic Latin |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | K |
| HTML Hex Encoding | K |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0x4B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x004B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000004B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u004b |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| East Asian Width | Narrow |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K |
| Lowercase Code Point | "k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K |
| Simple Case Folding | "k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K |
| Case Folding | "k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K |
| Script | Latin |
| Script Extensions | Latin |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Upper |