U+1030A "𐌊" Old Italic Letter Ka Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐌊

U+1030A "𐌊" Old Italic Letter Ka is a glyph from the Old Italic script block, representing the letter "ka" used in ancient writing systems such as Etruscan, Oscan, and early Latin alphabets. This character corresponds to the Greek letter kappa and is significant for its role in transcribing the /k/ sound in various Italic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet. It forms part of a historical script that provides crucial insight into the linguistic and cultural exchanges of pre-Roman Italy, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve access to these early written documents for modern scholars and digital typography.

General Properties

Code Point U+1030A
Version Added 3.1
Name Old Italic Letter Ka
Block Old Italic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐌊
HTML Hex Encoding 𐌊
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x8C 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDF0A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001030A
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udf0a

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 Old Italic
Script Extensions Old Italic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
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