U+A990 "ꦐ" Javanese Letter Ka Sasak Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A990 "ꦐ" Javanese Letter Ka Sasak is a glyph used to represent a specific consonant sound in the Javanese script, particularly adapted for writing the Sasak language of Lombok, Indonesia. Unlike the standard Javanese letter "ka," this character includes an additional diacritical mark or structural variation that distinguishes it as a distinct phoneme within the Sasak orthography. It belongs to the Javanese block of Unicode, which encodes a variety of characters for writing Javanese, Sundanese, and related languages, and its inclusion allows for accurate digital representation of Sasak texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+A990
Version Added 5.2
Name Javanese Letter Ka Sasak
Block Javanese
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꦐ
HTML Hex Encoding ꦐ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xA6 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA990
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A990
C/C++/Java Escape \ua990

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 Aksara
Script Javanese
Script Extensions Javanese
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
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