U+0786 "ކ" Thaana Letter Kaafu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0786 "ކ" Thaana Letter Kaafu is a letter from the Thaana script, which is used to write the Dhivehi language spoken in the Maldives. It represents the consonant sound /k/ and is typically transliterated as "k" in romanized Dhivehi. In the Thaana alphabet, which is written from right to left, each letter has a specific numerical value used in traditional astrology and numerology, and Kaafu holds the value of 20. This character appears in the Unicode Standard under the Thaana block, encoded at code point U+0786, and it plays a fundamental role in the orthography of the Maldivian language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0786 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Thaana Letter Kaafu |
| Block | Thaana |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ކ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ކ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xDE 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0786 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000786 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0786 |