U+121AD "ð’†­" Cuneiform Sign Ku4 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+121AD "ð’†­" Cuneiform Sign Ku4 is a wedge shaped symbol belonging to the ancient Sumerian writing system used in Mesopotamia as early as the 4th millennium BCE. This particular sign, known as KU4, served as a logogram and syllabogram within cuneiform script, representing the sound "ku" or "qu" and carrying meanings related to entering, going inside, or the concept of entering a temple or building. It is part of the Unicode Standard's Cuneiform block, which preserves these historically significant scripts for digital use, and its visual form consists of a larger horizontal wedge with smaller vertical and diagonal wedges arranged to replicate the inscribed markings pressed into clay tablets with a reed stylus.

General Properties

Code Point U+121AD
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ku4
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒆭
HTML Hex Encoding 𒆭
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x86 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDDAD
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000121AD
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\uddad

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Cuneiform
Script Extensions Cuneiform
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter