U+12164 "ð’…¤" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gan2 Tenu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+12164 "ð’…¤" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gan2 Tenu is a specific logogram from the ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform script, representing a complex sign formed by combining the elements "Ka" (mouth or speech) and "Gan2" (a variant of the sign for field or land) with the qualifier "Tenu" indicating a reduced or simplified form. This character was used in Sumerian and Akkadian writing, primarily in administrative and literary contexts, to convey syllabic or semantic values related to utterance, allocation, or territorial concepts, depending on its placement within a text. Its encoding in Unicode ensures precise representation and digital preservation of early writing systems, allowing scholars to accurately reproduce and study these ancient inscriptions without reliance on modern typographic approximations.

General Properties

Code Point U+12164
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gan2 Tenu
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒅤
HTML Hex Encoding 𒅤
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x85 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDD64
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012164
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udd64

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