U+1217D "ð’…½" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Ru Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð’…½
U+1217D "ð’…½" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Ru is a compound cuneiform glyph from the early Sumerian and Akkadian writing systems, representing the phonetic combination of the sounds "ka" and "ru" or a related logographic value. This sign is part of the Cuneiform block in the Unicode standard, encoded for digital preservation of ancient Mesopotamian texts, where it was typically inscribed on clay tablets using a wedge shaped stylus. Its inclusion allows scholars and linguists to accurately transcribe and study documents from the third millennium BCE, reflecting the complex syllabic and semantic nature of cuneiform script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1217D |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Ru |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒅽 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒅽 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x85 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDD7D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001217D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udd7d |