U+1088E "𐢎" Nabataean Letter Final Kaph Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐢎
U+1088E "𐢎" Nabataean Letter Final Kaph is a glyph from the Nabataean script, an ancient writing system used by the Nabataean people of the Near East from roughly the 2nd century BCE to the 4th century CE. This specific character represents a final form of the letter Kaph, which was used at the end of words, and it resembles a curved or hooked shape distinct from its medial or initial forms. The Nabataean script itself evolved from the Aramaic alphabet and served as a precursor to the Arabic script, making this character significant for scholars studying the linguistic and cultural history of the region, particularly in understanding the development of written Arabic.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1088E |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Nabataean Letter Final Kaph |
| Block | Nabataean |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐢎 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐢎 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xA2 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDC8E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001088E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udc8e |