U+1217E "ð’…¾" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Sa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð’…¾
U+1217E "ð’…¾" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Sa is a specific logographic or syllabic glyph drawn from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, which was used in Mesopotamia for over three millennia. This character represents a compound sign formed by superimposing or combining the cuneiform signs for "KA" and "SA," often serving as a determinative or phonetic element in the writing of words related to concepts like speaking, eating, or specific proper nouns, depending on the language and historical period. Its encoding in the Unicode Standard ensures that scholars, linguists, and digital humanists can accurately represent and preserve this ancient writing system in modern electronic texts and databases.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1217E |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Sa |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒅾 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒅾 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x85 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDD7E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001217E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udd7e |