U+12526 "𒔦" Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times Kesh2 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒔦

U+12526 "𒔦" Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times Kesh2 is a specific glyph used in the ancient cuneiform writing system, which was developed by the Sumerians and later adopted by several languages of the ancient Near East, including Akkadian and Hittite. This character is a compound sign created by combining the cuneiform symbol for "ninda" (often associated with bread or food in Sumerian) with the sign "kesh2" (a term for a type of binding or ritual location), indicating a particular, complex lexical or logographic meaning. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard, specifically within the Cuneiform block (U+12000 to U+125FF), ensures that this rare and historically significant sign can be accurately represented and exchanged in modern digital text, preserving the details of ancient Mesopotamian record-keeping and literature.

General Properties

Code Point U+12526
Version Added 8.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times Kesh2
Block Early Dynastic Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒔦
HTML Hex Encoding 𒔦
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x94 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDD26
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012526
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udd26

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