U+1084A "𐡊" Imperial Aramaic Letter Kaph Unicode Character

U+1084A "𐡊" Imperial Aramaic Letter Kaph is a character from the Imperial Aramaic script block, specifically representing the letter "kaph," the eleventh letter of the alphabet used for writing the Aramaic language during the Achaemenid Persian Empire. This letter corresponds to the sound /k/ and is historically significant as part of a writing system that served as a lingua franca for administration and communication across vast territories from roughly the 5th to 3rd centuries BCE. The glyph itself resembles an inverted "V" or a simple hook, reflecting the cursive and angular style typical of Imperial Aramaic inscriptions on stone and papyrus, and it has influenced later scripts including Hebrew and Syriac.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1084A
Version Added	5.2
Name	Imperial Aramaic Letter Kaph
Block	Imperial Aramaic
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐡊
HTML Hex Encoding	𐡊
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0xA1 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD802 0xDC4A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001084A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud802\udc4a

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	Imperial Aramaic
Script Extensions	Imperial Aramaic
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