U+12166 "ð’…¦" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gar Plus Sha3 Plus A Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+12166 "ð’…¦" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gar Plus Sha3 Plus A is a complex logographic glyph from the Cuneiform script, specifically representing a compound sign composed of the elements "Ka," "Gar," "Sha3," and "A," which combine to form a specific Sumerian or Akkadian syllable or word in ancient Mesopotamian writing. This character is part of the Unicode Standard's Cuneiform block, which encodes signs from the early writing systems of Sumer, Akkad, and other civilizations that used wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets. Its detailed naming convention follows the scholarly tradition of identifying cuneiform signs by their constituent parts, and the sign itself would have been used in administrative, literary, or religious texts, where such precise combinations conveyed nuanced meanings or phonetic values.

General Properties

Code Point U+12166
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gar Plus Sha3 Plus A
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒅦
HTML Hex Encoding 𒅦
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x85 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDD66
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012166
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udd66

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