U+04C3 "Ӄ" Cyrillic Capital Letter Ka with Hook Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+04C3 "Ӄ" Cyrillic Capital Letter Ka with Hook is a variant of the Cyrillic letter Ka that features a hook extending from the upper right of the character, and it is used primarily in the alphabets of several minority languages within the Russian Federation, such as Khanty and Chukchi. This letter represents a specific phonetic sound that is distinct from the standard Cyrillic Ka, typically denoting a voiceless uvular plosive or a similar guttural consonant found in these languages. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately render the unique orthographic needs of these linguistic communities, preserving their written traditions in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+04C3 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Cyrillic Capital Letter Ka with Hook |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Cyrillic Capital Letter Ka Hook |
| Block | Cyrillic |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ӄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ӄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD3 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x04C3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000004C3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u04c3 |
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 |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ӄ" U+04C4 Cyrillic Small Letter Ka with Hook |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ӄ" U+04C4 Cyrillic Small Letter Ka with Hook |
| Simple Case Folding | "ӄ" U+04C4 Cyrillic Small Letter Ka with Hook |
| Case Folding | "ӄ" U+04C4 Cyrillic Small Letter Ka with Hook |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ӄ" U+04C4 Cyrillic Small Letter Ka with Hook |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ӄ" U+04C4 Cyrillic Small Letter Ka with Hook |
| 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 |