U+A744 "" Latin Capital Letter K with Stroke and Diagonal Stroke Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Source: Browser Default

U+A744 "" Latin Capital Letter K with Stroke and Diagonal Stroke is a medieval abbreviation symbol used in Latin script manuscripts, primarily to represent the word "kalendas" or similar terms in scribal shorthand. It features a standard uppercase K with an additional vertical or diagonal stroke through the letter, a mark that helped scribes save space and time when copying texts. This character belongs to the Latin Extended-D block and is rarely used in modern writing, but it remains important for historical linguistics, paleography, and the accurate digital representation of medieval documents.

General Properties

Code Point
U+A744
Name
Latin Capital Letter K with Stroke and Diagonal Stroke

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
Ꝅ
HTML Hex Encoding
Ꝅ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEA 0x9D 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding
0xA744
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000A744
C/C++/Java Escape
\ua744