U+A98F "ꦏ" Javanese Letter Ka Unicode Character

U+A98F "ꦏ" Javanese Letter Ka is the initial consonant glyph representing the sound /k/ in the Javanese script, a Brahmic-derived abugida used for writing the Javanese language, primarily on the Indonesian island of Java. As the first letter of the Hanacaraka sequence, it holds cultural and alphabetical significance, functioning as a base character that can be modified with vowel diacritics or ligatured with other consonants. Visually resembling a stylized angular form, it appears in traditional manuscripts, signage, and modern digital texts as part of the Javanese script’s Unicode block, preserving an important element of Javanese linguistic heritage.