U+12161 "ð’…¡" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Esh2 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+12161 "ð’…¡" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Esh2 is a logographic sign from the Sumero Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a compound formed by combining the sign for "KA" (typically meaning mouth or speech) with the sign for "ESH2" (which often relates to oil, fat, or abundance). This specific character was used in the writing of the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian languages on clay tablets, primarily in administrative, economic, and literary texts from Mesopotamia. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for the digital preservation, encoding, and scholarly study of this complex writing system, enabling researchers to accurately represent and analyze the nuanced phonetic and semantic values that such composite signs conveyed in ancient inscriptions.

General Properties

Code Point U+12161
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Esh2
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒅡
HTML Hex Encoding 𒅡
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x85 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDD61
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012161
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udd61

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Cuneiform
Script Extensions Cuneiform
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter