U+06A9 "ک" Arabic Letter Keheh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

ک
Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+06A9 "ک" Arabic Letter Keheh is a distinct glyph used primarily in the Persian alphabet, as well as in other languages like Urdu, Kurdish, and Pashto, where it represents a voiceless velar plosive sound equivalent to the English 'k'. Unlike the standard Arabic letter Kaf (ك), which has a different written form, the Keheh features an open, downward curving stroke that distinguishes it visually and phonetically in these scripts. This character is encoded in the Arabic block of Unicode to support the accurate digital representation of languages that utilize this specific variant of the letter.

General Properties

Code Point
U+06A9
Name
Arabic Letter Keheh
Unicode 1.0 Name
Arabic Letter Open Caf

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ک
HTML Hex Encoding
ک
UTF-8 Encoding
0xDA 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding
0x06A9
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000006A9
C/C++/Java Escape
\u06a9