U+1203A "𒀺" Cuneiform Sign Ash Kaba Tenu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒀺
U+1203A "𒀺" Cuneiform Sign Ash Kaba Tenu is a specific grapheme from the ancient Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, encoded in the Unicode standard's Cuneiform block to represent a particular sign used in writing the Sumerian and Akkadian languages. Its name, "Ash Kaba Tenu," refers to a variant of the "KAB" sign, distinguished by a tenû marking, which indicates a graphic or phonetic modification in the original wedge-shaped writing system. This character, like all cuneiform signs, was impressed onto clay tablets using a reed stylus, and its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital representation and study of Mesopotamian texts, preserving a key element of one of humanity's earliest writing systems for modern computational use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1203A |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ash Kaba Tenu |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒀺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒀺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x80 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDC3A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001203A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udc3a |