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 |