Ꞣ

K with oblique stroke
K with oblique stroke
Ꞣ ꞣ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	alphabetic
Language of origin	Latvian
Phonetic usage	[c]
Unicode codepoint	U+A7A2, U+A7A3
Alphabetical position	15th
History
Development	Κ κ ϰ 𐌊 K k Ꞣ ꞣ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Time period	until 1921
Transliteration equivalents	Ķ
Other
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Ꞣ (lowercase ꞣ) is a letter of the Latin script, composed of the letter K with an oblique stroke. It was used in Latvian before 1921, where it was replaced with Ķ.

Computing codes

Character information
Preview	Ꞣ		ꞣ
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K WITH OBLIQUE STROKE		LATIN SMALL LETTER K WITH OBLIQUE STROKE
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	42914	U+A7A2	42915	U+A7A3
UTF-8	234 158 162	EA 9E A2	234 158 163	EA 9E A3
Numeric character reference	Ꞣ	Ꞣ	ꞣ	ꞣ

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