U+12381 "𒎁" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gud Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒎁
U+12381 "𒎁" Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gud is a specific glyph from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a composite sign formed by combining the characters for "ka" (mouth or speech) and "gud" (bull or ox) within a single ligature. This sign was used in the writing system of Mesopotamia, particularly on clay tablets for administrative, legal, and literary texts, and its value likely contributed to syllabic or logographic representation in the language. As part of the Cuneiform block in Unicode, this character helps preserve and digitally encode the complex visual forms of one of the world's earliest writing systems, allowing for accurate representation in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12381 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ka Times Gud |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒎁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒎁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8E 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDF81 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012381 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udf81 |