U+1216A "ð’…ª" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gish Crossing Gish Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð’…ª
U+1216A "ð’…ª" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gish Crossing Gish is a complex, compound logogram in the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, formed by combining the signs for "KA" (mouth or word) and "GISH" (wood or tree), with the crossing modifier indicating that the GISH signs intersect. This character is part of the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block, assigned to the Early Dynastic period, and it was used to represent specific lexical or syllabic values, potentially related to terms for "tree" or "wood" in administrative or religious contexts. Its visual complexity reflects the scribal practice of creating composite signs to convey nuanced meanings, and it remains a subject of study for epigraphers deciphering ancient Mesopotamian texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1216A |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gish Crossing Gish |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒅪 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒅪 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x85 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDD6A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001216A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udd6a |