Ƙ

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 It was withdrawn in 1993.

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

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

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