U+121A5 "𒆥" Cuneiform Sign Kin Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒆥
U+121A5 "𒆥" Cuneiform Sign Kin is a sign from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian writing system used in Mesopotamia, representing the syllable "kin" and often associated with concepts like work, mission, or a messenger. This cuneiform character appears in the Cuneiform block of the Unicode standard, which preserves many such signs from clay tablet inscriptions dating back to the third millennium BCE. Its wedge shaped markings reflect the typical script impressed with a stylus into wet clay, and it is used in scholarly contexts for the transcription of ancient texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+121A5 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Kin |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒆥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒆥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x86 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDDA5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000121A5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udda5 |