U+0F6B "ཫ" Tibetan Letter Kka Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0F6B "ཫ" Tibetan Letter Kka is a specialized character in the Tibetan script used to represent the sound of a voiceless retroflex stop combined with a velar release, typically romanized as "kka" in transliteration. It is part of the Tibetan block in Unicode, primarily employed in the Dzongkha language of Bhutan, as well as in some historical or phonetically precise Tibetan texts where it distinguishes this complex consonant cluster from simpler velar sounds. The glyph visually combines the base structure of the Tibetan letter ka with a subscript-like mark or variation to indicate the retroflex and velar articulation. This character is relatively rare in standard Tibetan usage but serves an important role in accurately transcribing certain sounds in specific linguistic and liturgical contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+0F6B
Version Added 5.1
Name Tibetan Letter Kka
Block Tibetan
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ཫ
HTML Hex Encoding ཫ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xBD 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0F6B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000F6B
C/C++/Java Escape \u0f6b

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 Tibetan
Script Extensions Tibetan
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