U+0F40 "ཀ" Tibetan Letter Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ཀ
U+0F40 "ཀ" Tibetan Letter Ka is the first consonant in the Tibetan abugida script, representing the sound /ka/. It belongs to the Tibetan block of Unicode and is used primarily for writing the Tibetan language, as well as other languages like Dzongkha. In the Tibetan writing system, this character originates from the Brahmi script and serves as the root syllable for forming many other words through the addition of vowel signs, subjoined consonants, and diacritical marks, making it a fundamental building block in Tibetan orthography and typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0F40 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Tibetan Letter Ka |
| Block | Tibetan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ཀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ཀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBD 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0F40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000F40 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0f40 |