{{short description|Latin letter K with hook}} thumb|Traditional uppercase and lowercase K with hook.|class=skin-invert-image thumb|Wrong and preferred uppercase K with hook|class=skin-invert-image thumb|Wrong and preferred lowercase K with hook|class=skin-invert-image '''Ƙ''' (minuscule: '''ƙ''') is a letter of the Latin alphabet, used in Hausa and Karai-karai to represent an ejective {{IPAblink|kʼ}}.

It was formerly used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a voiceless velar implosive (currently {{IPA|[ɠ̊]}}). It was withdrawn in 1993.

==Encoding== It is encoded in Unicode at {{Unichar|0198}}, and {{Unichar|0199}}.

In ISO 6438, K with hook is encoded as:

* '''Ƙ''': <code>C0</code> * '''ƙ''': <code>D0</code>

==See also== ===Alphabets with this letter=== *African reference alphabet *Pan-Nigerian alphabet *Alphabets for the following specific languages **Hausa

==External links== *[https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0180.pdf "Latin Extended B: Range 0180-024F" (Unicode code chart)], specifically U+0198 and U+0199.

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