U+121B0 "ð’†°" Cuneiform Sign Kul Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð’†°

U+121B0 "ð’†°" Cuneiform Sign Kul is part of the Cuneiform script block, representing a wedge-shaped syllabic or logographic sign from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian writing systems. This specific sign corresponds to the phonetic value "kul" or "gul" and was used in cuneiform texts to denote concepts such as "devouring" or "destruction," often appearing in legal, administrative, or religious inscriptions on clay tablets from Mesopotamia. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for the digital preservation and scholarly exchange of these ancient texts, bridging modern computing with one of humanity's earliest forms of written communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+121B0
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Kul
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒆰
HTML Hex Encoding 𒆰
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x86 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDDB0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000121B0
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\uddb0

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