U+1219F "𒆟" Cuneiform Sign Kesh2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1219F "𒆟" Cuneiform Sign Kesh2 is a specific glyph from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, representing the name of the city of Kesh, a significant religious and political center in ancient Mesopotamia. This sign is a composite logogram that typically combines elements for "city" or "place" with a phonetic or semantic indicator, and it appears in texts such as hymns, economic records, and royal inscriptions dating back to the third millennium BCE. As part of the Cuneiform block in Unicode, it allows for the digital preservation and scholarly encoding of this historic writing system, facilitating research in Assyriology and linguistic studies.
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General Properties
Code Point
U+1219F
Name
Cuneiform Sign Kesh2
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𒆟
HTML Hex Encoding
𒆟
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x92 0x86 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD808 0xDD9F
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001219F
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud808\udd9f
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Cuneiform