U+1218C "𒆌" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Zi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒆌
U+1218C "𒆌" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Zi is a compound sign from the Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script system, representing the combination of the characters for "ka" and "zi." This sign was used in the ancient Near East for writing on clay tablets, primarily in the context of the Sumerian and Akkadian languages, and it likely functioned as a phonetic or syllabic element within logographic or syllabic writing. Its inclusion in Unicode supports digital preservation and scholarly study of ancient Mesopotamian texts, allowing for precise representation in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1218C |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Zi |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒆌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒆌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x86 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDD8C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001218C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udd8c |