U+06A9 "ک" Arabic Letter Keheh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+06A9 "ک" Arabic Letter Keheh is a distinct glyph used primarily in the Persian alphabet, as well as in other languages like Urdu, Kurdish, and Pashto, where it represents a voiceless velar plosive sound equivalent to the English 'k'. Unlike the standard Arabic letter Kaf (ك), which has a different written form, the Keheh features an open, downward curving stroke that distinguishes it visually and phonetically in these scripts. This character is encoded in the Arabic block of Unicode to support the accurate digital representation of languages that utilize this specific variant of the letter.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+06A9 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Keheh |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Arabic Letter Open Caf |
| Block | Arabic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ک |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ک |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDA 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x06A9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000006A9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u06a9 |