U+1C99 "Კ" Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Kan Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1C99 "Კ" Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Kan is a capital letter form used in the Georgian Mtavruli script, representing the voiced velar plosive sound /k’/ and functioning as the uppercase equivalent of the standard Mkhedruli letter ქ. This character was introduced in Unicode version 11.0 in June 2018 as part of the Georgian Extended block, primarily for use in all-caps typography, inscriptions, and decorative headings where a distinct monumental capital style is desired. It maintains the same linguistic value as its lowercase counterpart but offers a visually distinct glyph featuring a taller, more angular design compared to Mkhedruli, reflecting the historical tradition of Mtavruli in formal Georgian writing.

General Properties

Code Point U+1C99
Version Added 11.0
Name Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Kan
Block Georgian Extended
General Category Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding Კ
HTML Hex Encoding Კ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xB2 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1C99
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001C99
C/C++/Java Escape \u1c99

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 Alphabetic
Uppercase Yes
Simple Lowercase Code Point "კ" U+10D9 Georgian Letter Kan
Lowercase Code Point "კ" U+10D9 Georgian Letter Kan
Simple Case Folding "კ" U+10D9 Georgian Letter Kan
Case Folding "კ" U+10D9 Georgian Letter Kan
Cased Yes
Changes When Casefolded Yes
Changes When Casemapped Yes
Changes When Lowercased Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "კ" U+10D9 Georgian Letter Kan
NFKC Simple Casefold "კ" U+10D9 Georgian Letter Kan
Script Georgian
Script Extensions Georgian
Indic Syllabic Category Other
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