U+041A "К" Cyrillic Capital Letter Ka Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

К

U+041A "К" Cyrillic Capital Letter Ka is the uppercase form of the Cyrillic letter representing the voiceless velar plosive sound /k/, similar to the English letter K. It is derived from the Greek letter Kappa and is used in the alphabets of numerous languages that use Cyrillic script, including Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Ukrainian. Visually, it resembles the Latin letter K but is distinct in its italic and handwritten forms, where it often appears as a small "n" or "κ" shape. As part of the Cyrillic block in Unicode, it plays a fundamental role in writing and digital communication for millions of speakers across Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

General Properties

Code Point U+041A
Version Added 1.1
Name Cyrillic Capital Letter Ka
Block Cyrillic
General Category Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding К
HTML Hex Encoding К
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD0 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding 0x041A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000041A
C/C++/Java Escape \u041a

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 Ambiguous
Uppercase Yes
Simple Lowercase Code Point "к" U+043A Cyrillic Small Letter Ka
Lowercase Code Point "к" U+043A Cyrillic Small Letter Ka
Simple Case Folding "к" U+043A Cyrillic Small Letter Ka
Case Folding "к" U+043A Cyrillic Small Letter Ka
Cased Yes
Changes When Casefolded Yes
Changes When Casemapped Yes
Changes When Lowercased Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "к" U+043A Cyrillic Small Letter Ka
NFKC Simple Casefold "к" U+043A Cyrillic Small Letter Ka
Script Cyrillic
Script Extensions Cyrillic
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