U+0C95 "ಕ" Kannada Letter Ka Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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
Script Kannada
Script Extensions Kannada
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
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 OLetter