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Khē, or Keheh, is a letter of the Arabic script, used to write /kʰ/ in Sindhi. It is equivalent to in Sindhi's Devanagari orthography.

Position in word Isolated Final Medial Initial
Glyph form:
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ک ـک ـکـ کـ

In Arabic, it is considered a variant form of kāf, notably al-kāf al-mashkūlah or al-kāf al-mashqūqah.[1] It is the predominant form of kāf in the Perso-Arabic script. But in Sindhi, khē and kāf are differentiated: khē (ک‎) is used consistently for /kʰ/, and kāf (ڪ‎) for /k/. This is similar to the history of I and J, and of U and V, in the Latin alphabet.

Character encodings

Character information
Preview ک
Unicode name ARABIC LETTER KEHEH ARABIC LETTER KEHEH INITIAL FORM ARABIC LETTER KEHEH MEDIAL FORM ARABIC LETTER KEHEH FINAL FORM
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 1705 U+06A9 64400 U+FB90 64401 U+FB91 64399 U+FB8F
UTF-8 218 169 DA A9 239 174 144 EF AE 90 239 174 145 EF AE 91 239 174 143 EF AE 8F
Numeric character reference ک ک ﮐ ﮐ ﮑ ﮑ ﮏ ﮏ

This glyph may not be rendered or displayed correctly on Apple devices. This is because Apple uses various fonts to render Arabic text. It will also not be rendered for languages displayed as Nasta’liq in the language list in Apple devices.

References

  1. ^ Gacek, Adam (2008). The Arabic manuscript tradition: a glossary of technical terms and bibliography: supplement. Leiden: Brill. p. 43. ISBN 978-9004165403.


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