U+1B020 "𛀠" Hentaigana Letter Ka-10 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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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 åŠ . 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 |