U+12165 "ð’…¥" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gar Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð’…¥

U+12165 "ð’…¥" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gar is a complex grapheme from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a ligature or compound sign formed by combining the elements for "Ka" and "Gar." It belongs to the Cuneiform Unicode block, which encodes characters from the ancient writing system used in Mesopotamia for languages such as Sumerian and Akkadian. This specific sign functioned as a logogram or syllabogram, likely conveying a specific phonetic value or semantic meaning related to the words or concepts symbolized by its constituent parts, and it would have been impressed into wet clay with a stylus. The inclusion of such signs in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and accurate representation of this historically significant script in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+12165
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gar
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒅥
HTML Hex Encoding 𒅥
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x85 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDD65
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012165
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udd65

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