U+1703 "ᜃ" Tagalog Letter Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᜃ
U+1703 "ᜃ" Tagalog Letter Ka is a character from the Hanunoo script, used for writing the Hanunoo language and historically related to other Philippine scripts like Baybayin. It represents the consonant sound "ka" and is classified as a syllabic character in the Unicode Hanunoo block. This letter is part of an abugida writing system, where each basic character inherently carries the vowel "a" unless modified by diacritical marks. The character is utilized primarily for cultural and linguistic preservation efforts among the Hanunoo people of Mindoro in the Philippines, serving as a tangible link to the region's pre-colonial writing traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1703 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Tagalog Letter Ka |
| Block | Tagalog |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᜃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᜃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9C 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1703 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001703 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1703 |