U+10312 "𐌒" Old Italic Letter Ku Unicode Character

U+10312 "𐌒" Old Italic Letter Ku is a character from the Old Italic script block, representing a consonant sound typically similar to the Latin "K" or "Q", and corresponds to the letter "ku" in various ancient Italic alphabets including Etruscan, Oscan, and Umbrian. This script was used across the Italian peninsula before the widespread adoption of the Latin alphabet, and the letter itself is derived from the Greek letter koppa (Ϙ), which also signified a back-of-the-mouth /k/ sound. The character is encoded in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane and is distinct from other similar-looking letters due to its historical and calligraphic shape, which often appears with a rounded or triangular loop atop a vertical stem.