U+1028B "π" Lycian Letter K Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1028B "π" Lycian Letter K is a letter from the Lycian alphabet, an ancient script used in Lycia, a region in southwestern Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), from approximately 500 to 300 BCE. This specific character represents the sound /k/ and is part of the Lycian block in Unicode, which was encoded to support scholarly work and digital preservation of the language. The Lycian script itself is derived from the Greek alphabet, with some unique modifications, and inscriptions containing this letter appear on stone monuments and tombs, providing key evidence for the study of the extinct Lycian language within the Anatolian branch of the IndoβEuropean family.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1028B |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Lycian Letter K |
| Block | Lycian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐊋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐊋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x8A 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDE8B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001028B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\ude8b |