U+0C95 "ಕ" Kannada Letter Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ಕ
U+0C95 "ಕ" Kannada Letter Ka is the first consonant of the Kannada script, representing the voiceless velar plosive sound "ka". It is a fundamental character used extensively in the Kannada language, which is spoken primarily in the Indian state of Karnataka. This character belongs to the Kannada block in the Unicode standard and is typically combined with various vowel signs to form different syllables, such as ಕಾ (kaa) or ಕಿ (ki). Its glyph is distinguished by a curved, flowing shape characteristic of the southern Brahmic script family, and it serves as a building block for writing countless words in Kannada literature, daily communication, and digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0C95 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Kannada Letter Ka |
| Block | Kannada |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ಕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ಕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB2 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0C95 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000C95 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0c95 |