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 It was withdrawn in 1993.

See also

Other hooked letters

• Ɓ Ɓ
• Ƈ ƈ
• Ɗ ɗ
• Ɠ ɠ
• Ƥ ƥ
• Ƭ ƭ
• Ƴ ƴ

Alphabets with this letter

• African reference alphabet
• Pan-Nigerian Alphabet
• Alphabets for the following specific languages
  • Hausa

External links

• "Latin Extended B: Range 0180-024F" (Unicode code chart), specifically U+0198 and U+0199.