U+0198 "Ƙ" Latin Capital Letter K with Hook Unicode Character

U+0198 "Ƙ" Latin Capital Letter K with Hook is a modified version of the standard Latin letter K, distinguished by a small hook attached to the bottom right of the letter's vertical stem. This character is primarily used in the orthography of certain African languages, such as Hausa, where it represents a voiceless uvular plosive or a similarly articulated sound that differs from the standard /k/. Its design ensures that the hook is an integral part of the glyph, allowing it to be clearly distinguished from the plain K in written text, and it is encoded in the Unicode standard to support the accurate digital representation of these linguistic systems.