U+1C99 "Კ" Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Kan Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Კ
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 |