U+310E "ㄎ" Bopomofo Letter K Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+310E "ㄎ" Bopomofo Letter K is a phonetic symbol used in the Bopomofo (Zhuyin Fuhao) system, which is a method of transcribing Mandarin Chinese pronunciation. This character represents the initial consonant sound "k" (aspirated, as in "kite") and is part of the standard set of 21 Bopomofo initials. In teaching and typing systems, it is commonly paired with a final phonetic element to spell out the pronunciation of a Chinese character, and it is widely used in Taiwan for language instruction and input methods.

General Properties

Code Point U+310E
Version Added 1.1
Name Bopomofo Letter K
Block Bopomofo
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㄎ
HTML Hex Encoding ㄎ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x84 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x310E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000310E
C/C++/Java Escape \u310e

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 Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Bopomofo
Script Extensions Bopomofo
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter