U+121A7 "𒆧" Cuneiform Sign Kish Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

𒆧
Source: Noto Sans Cuneiform Source: Browser Default

U+121A7 "𒆧" Cuneiform Sign Kish is a logogram from the ancient cuneiform script, specifically representing the city of Kish, one of the most important and early urban centers in Sumerian Mesopotamia. This sign was used in cuneiform texts to denote the city's name, often in economic, administrative, and royal inscriptions that referenced Kish's political and religious significance. It belongs to the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform repertoire and is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Cuneiform block, which preserves the written legacy of languages like Sumerian and Akkadian. The sign's visual form, with its wedge shaped impressions, reflects the characteristic stylus marks pressed into clay tablets by scribes over four thousand years ago, making it a direct digital representation of a key element of ancient Near Eastern history.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
𒆧
HTML Hex Encoding
𒆧
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x92 0x86 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD808 0xDDA7
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000121A7
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud808\udda7