Ƙ

Traditional uppercase and lowercase K with hook.
Wrong and preferred uppercase K with hook
Wrong and preferred lowercase K with hook

Ƙ (minuscule: ƙ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, used in Hausa to represent an ejective [kʼ].

It was formerly used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a voiceless velar implosive (currently [ɠ̊]). It was withdrawn in 1993.

Encoding

It is encoded in Unicode at U+0198 Ƙ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K WITH HOOK, and U+0199 ƙ LATIN SMALL LETTER K WITH HOOK.

In ISO 6438, K with hook is encoded as:

  • Ƙ: C0
  • ƙ: D0

See also

Alphabets with this letter