U+10544 "𐕄" Caucasian Albanian Letter Kar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐕄
U+10544 "𐕄" Caucasian Albanian Letter Kar is part of the Caucasian Albanian script, an ancient writing system used between the 5th and 12th centuries CE to record the now-extinct Caucasian Albanian language, primarily in the region of modern-day Azerbaijan and Dagestan. This specific letter represents the sound "k" or a similar velar plosive and belongs to the alphabet's set of 52 original characters, which were likely influenced by both Armenian and Greek scripts. The character was formally added to the Unicode Standard in 2014 under the Caucasian Albanian block, enabling digital preservation and study of historical manuscripts and inscriptions from that culture.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10544 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Caucasian Albanian Letter Kar |
| Block | Caucasian Albanian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐕄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐕄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x95 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDD44 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010544 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udd44 |
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 | Caucasian Albanian |
| Script Extensions | Caucasian Albanian |
| 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 |