U+1B020 "𛀠" Hentaigana Letter Ka-10 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𛀠

U+1B020 "𛀠" Hentaigana Letter Ka-10 is a specific variant form, or hentaigana, of the Japanese kana character "ka," originating from the cursive stylization of the historical kanji 加. This character is part of the Unicode block for hentaigana, which encodes obsolete and alternate kana glyphs used primarily in premodern Japanese writing, such as during the Edo period. As a letter, it represents a distinct visual form of the syllable "ka," offering a glimpse into the diversity of historical Japanese calligraphy and typography, and it is now preserved in digital form for scholarly study, archival reproduction, and specialized typographic use.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B020
Version Added 10.0
Name Hentaigana Letter Ka-10
Block Kana Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𛀠
HTML Hex Encoding 𛀠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9B 0x80 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD82C 0xDC20
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001B020
C/C++/Java Escape \ud82c\udc20

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 Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hiragana
Script Extensions Hiragana
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter