U+049D "ҝ" Cyrillic Small Letter Ka with Vertical Stroke Unicode Character

U+049D "ҝ" Cyrillic Small Letter Ka with Vertical Stroke is a variant of the Cyrillic letter Ka, distinguished by a vertical stroke descending through the middle of the character's left vertical stem. This letter is primarily used in the Azerbaijani Cyrillic alphabet, where it represents the voiced velar fricative sound /ɣ/, similar to the voiced 'g' in some languages, and it contrasts with the standard Cyrillic Ka to denote a distinct phonetic value. Its uppercase counterpart is U+049C "Ҝ", and together they form a specialized character pair essential for accurately writing the Azerbaijani language in its Cyrillic orthography.