is a syllable in the

Javanese script The Javanese script (natively known as ''Aksara Jawa'', ''Hanacaraka'', ''Carakan'', and ''Dentawyanjana'') is one of Indonesia's traditional scripts developed on the island of Java. The script is primarily used to write the Javanese langu ...

that represents the sound /kɔ/, /ka/. It is transliterated to Latin as "ka", and sometimes in Indonesian orthography as "ko". It has two other forms (''pasangan''), which are and (if followed by and several other glyphs), but are represented by a single Unicode code point, U+A98F.Campbell, George L. Compendium of the World's Languages. Vol. 1. New York: Routledge, 2000.Soemarmo, Marmo. "Javanese Script." Ohio Working Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching 14.Winter (1995): 69-103.Daniels, Peter T and William Bright. The World's Writing Systems. Ed. Peter T Daniels and William Bright. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Pasangan

Its pasangan form , is located on the bottom side of the previous syllable. For example, - ''anake'' (his/her child), which, although transliterated with a single 'k', is written using double '' because the rootword ('anak', child) ends in ''. The pasangan has two forms, the other is used when the ''pasangan'' is followed by , , , , or . For example, - ''anakku'' (my child)

Extended form

The letter has a '' murda'' form, which is . Using ''cecak telu'' (), the syllable represents Arabic (/ħ/ or /x/). with a ''cerek'' () is called Ka sasak.

Glyphs

Unicode block

Javanese script was added to the

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Standard in October, 2009 with the release of version 5.2.

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Pasangan

Extended form

Glyphs

Unicode block

See also

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