Kani (letter)

Kani, Kan or Khar¹ (Asomtavruli: Ⴕ; Nuskhuri: ⴕ; Mkhedruli: ქ; Mtavruli: Ქ; Georgian: ქანი, ქან) is the 25th letter of the three Georgian scripts.^[1]

Kani
Ⴕ ⴕ ქ Ქ
Usage
Writing system	Georgian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Georgian language
Sound values	[k⁽ʰ⁾]
In Unicode	U+10B5, U+2D15, U+10E5, U+1CA5
Alphabetical position	25
History
Development	𓊽 𐤎 𐊑 𐊐 χ Ⴕ ⴕ ქ Ქ
Time period	c. 430 to present
Transliterations	K, K’, K‘
Other
Associated numbers	600
Writing direction	Left-to-right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

In the system of Georgian numerals, it has a value of 600.^[2] Kani commonly represents the voiceless velar plosive /k/, like the pronunciation of ⟨k⟩ in "king" or the pronunciation of ⟨c⟩ in "can". It is typically romanized with the letter K, K’ or K‘.^[3]

Letter

asomtavruli	nuskhuri	mkhedruli	mtavruli

Stroke order

asomtavruli^[4]

nuskhuri^[5]

mkhedruli^[6]

Computer encodings

Character information

Preview	Ⴕ		ⴕ		ქ		Ქ
Unicode name	GEORGIAN CAPITAL LETTER KHAR[7]		GEORGIAN SMALL LETTER KHAR[8]		GEORGIAN LETTER KHAR[7]		GEORGIAN MTAVRULI CAPITAL LETTER KHAR
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	4277	U+10B5	11541	U+2D15	4325	U+10E5	7333	U+1CA5
UTF-8	225 130 181	E1 82 B5	226 180 149	E2 B4 95	225 131 165	E1 83 A5	225 178 165	E1 B2 A5
Numeric character reference	Ⴕ	Ⴕ	ⴕ	ⴕ	ქ	ქ	Ქ	Ქ

Braille

mkhedruli[9]

See also

• Georgian letter K'ani
• Greek letter Chi
• Cyrillic letter Kha

Notes

1. ^ Unicode name of this letter