U+1B45 "ᭅ" Balinese Letter Kaf Sasak Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1B45 "ᭅ" Balinese Letter Kaf Sasak is a specific glyph used in the Balinese script to represent the consonant sound “ka,” but it is particularly designated for writing the Sasak language, which is spoken on the island of Lombok. This letter is part of the Balinese Unicode block and follows the traditional Brahmic script structure, with its distinctive curved form that aids in shaping the syllable blocks typical of Balinese writing. While it shares similarities with the standard Balinese letter Ka, the Kaf Sasak variant has a unique diacritic-like modification or stylistic difference that marks it as specific to Sasak orthography. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that the digital representation of this regional language is preserved, allowing for proper text rendering and linguistic documentation in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+1B45
Version Added 5.0
Name Balinese Letter Kaf Sasak
Block Balinese
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᭅ
HTML Hex Encoding ᭅ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xAD 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1B45
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001B45
C/C++/Java Escape \u1b45

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 Aksara
Script Balinese
Script Extensions Balinese
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
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