U+2096 "ₖ" Latin Subscript Small Letter K Unicode Character

U+2096 "ₖ" Latin Subscript Small Letter K is a typographic symbol used primarily in phonetic transcription, mathematics, and scientific notation to represent a subscript form of the letter "k." It is part of the Unicode block "Superscripts and Subscripts," and its design is a small, lowered letter "k" that appears below the baseline of surrounding text. This character is often employed to indicate a modifying or dependent element, such as a voiceless velar plosive in linguistics or as a subscript variable in chemical or algebraic formulas. Because it is a single, encoded character rather than a styled combination of a regular "k" and a formatting tag, it ensures consistent rendering across different platforms and applications.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2096
Version Added	6.0
Name	Latin Subscript Small Letter K
Block	Superscripts and Subscripts
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Sub
Decomposition Mapping	"k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ₖ
HTML Hex Encoding	ₖ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x82 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2096
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002096
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2096

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Other Lowercase	Yes
Case Ignorable	Yes
Cased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K
NFKC Simple Casefold	"k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
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	Lower