U+06AA "ڪ" Arabic Letter Swash Kaf Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

ڪ
Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+06AA "ڪ" Arabic Letter Swash Kaf is a variant form of the Arabic letter kaf, distinguished by its open, swooping tail that resembles a swash or flourish, and it is primarily used in the Sindhi and sometimes in other South Asian scripts for writing the Arabic-based orthography of languages like Urdu and Saraiki. Unlike the standard Arabic kaf, which can be written as a vertical stroke with a small loop or a flat top, this character represents a distinct phonological sound, typically a voiceless or aspirated velar plosive, and it appears in initial, medial, and final positions within a word. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text processing systems can accurately represent this letter, preserving the linguistic heritage and readability of languages that rely on this specialized glyph.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+06AA
Name
Arabic Letter Swash Kaf
Unicode 1.0 Name
Arabic Letter Swash Caf

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ڪ
HTML Hex Encoding
ڪ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xDA 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding
0x06AA
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000006AA
C/C++/Java Escape
\u06aa