U+1050F "𐔏" Elbasan Letter Ke Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1050F "𐔏" Elbasan Letter Ke is a specific glyph from the Elbasan script, an alphabet created in the mid-18th century for writing the Albanian language, traditionally associated with the Elbasan Gospel manuscript. This character represents the consonant sound /k/ in the Albanian phonemic inventory and is encoded in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane within the Elbasan block (U+10500–U+1052F). Its design reflects the distinctive, rounded style of the Elbasan script, which is notable for its historical role in preserving Albanian religious texts before the adoption of the modern Latin-based alphabet. The letter is one of 40 characters in the Elbasan alphabet and remains significant for scholars studying Albanian linguistic history and paleography.

General Properties

Code Point U+1050F
Version Added 7.0
Name Elbasan Letter Ke
Block Elbasan
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐔏
HTML Hex Encoding 𐔏
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x94 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDD0F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001050F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udd0f

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 Elbasan
Script Extensions Elbasan
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