U+12168 "ð’…¨" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gir2 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+12168 "ð’…¨" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gir2 is a compound sign from the Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, formed by combining the signs for "ka" (often denoting the mouth or speech) and "gir2" (which can relate to a knife or sharp object, or a specific root) to create a distinct logographic or syllabic value used in ancient Mesopotamian writing. This character belongs to the Sumero-Akkadian Cuneiform block, specifically within the area reserved for complex or composite signs that represent words or syllables with nuanced meanings, and its usage appears in administrative, literary, and lexical texts from the third and second millennia BCE. The sign serves as a written representation of a specific phonetic or semantic concept, illustrating the scribes' method of combining basic signs to convey more specialized information in the cuneiform system.

General Properties

Code Point U+12168
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gir2
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒅨
HTML Hex Encoding 𒅨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x85 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDD68
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012168
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udd68

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