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 |