U+12159 "ð’…™" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Ad Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð’…™
U+12159 "ð’…™" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Ad is a logogram from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a compound sign formed by superimposing or combining the signs KA (meaning "mouth" or "speech") and AD (meaning "father" or, in some contexts, an ideogram for "judgment"). This specific combination was used in ancient Mesopotamian writing, primarily in the Hittite and Akkadian scribal traditions, to convey particular syllabic or lexical values, often as part of the complex system of polyvalent cuneiform characters. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard under the category of Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation ensures accurate digital representation for scholarly work in Assyriology and ancient Near Eastern studies.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12159 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Ad |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒅙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒅙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x85 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDD59 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012159 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udd59 |