Khē or Keheh, is a letter of 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
Previewک
Unicode name ARABIC LETTER KEHEH ARABIC LETTER KEHEH INITIAL FORM ARABIC LETTER KEHEH MEDIAL FORM ARABIC LETTER KEHEH FINAL FORM
Encodingsdecimalhexdechexdechexdechex
Unicode1705U+06A964400U+FB9064401U+FB9164399U+FB8F
UTF-8218 169DA A9239 174 144EF AE 90239 174 145EF AE 91239 174 143EF AE 8F
Numeric character referenceککﮐﮐﮑﮑﮏﮏ

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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