U+A744 "Ꝅ" Latin Capital Letter K with Stroke and Diagonal Stroke Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Ꝅ
U+A744 "Ꝅ" Latin Capital Letter K with Stroke and Diagonal Stroke is a medieval abbreviation symbol used in Latin script manuscripts, primarily to represent the word "kalendas" or similar terms in scribal shorthand. It features a standard uppercase K with an additional vertical or diagonal stroke through the letter, a mark that helped scribes save space and time when copying texts. This character belongs to the Latin Extended-D block and is rarely used in modern writing, but it remains important for historical linguistics, paleography, and the accurate digital representation of medieval documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A744 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Latin Capital Letter K with Stroke and Diagonal Stroke |
| Block | Latin Extended-D |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ꝅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ꝅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9D 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA744 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A744 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua744 |