What 𒆓 means
It can mean “tie” or “gather,” depending on the text. In Sumerian, 𒆓 can write kad. Sign lists also associate it with words for a carrying net and a table; none is a universal reading.
Cuneiform is a writing system impressed on clay tablets. It grew from picture-based writing in southern Mesopotamia into a more abstract system adapted for Sumerian and Akkadian. The earliest lexical evidence for the kad word-family is from Early Dynastic IIIb; that dates the recorded word-family, not the first appearance of this sign’s shape.
KAD5 is the sign label, not its reading
Assyriologists use KAD5 to identify this sign. It is not a spoken name or a translation to insert wherever the glyph appears; the text’s language and surrounding signs guide the reading.
Scholarly and archival: expect it in a cuneiform text or sign list, not casual chat.
Treat “tie” as one possible reading, not a universal translation; check the language and surrounding signs.
Who writes 𒆓
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsOne possible value is kad, “to tie” or “to gather.”
Don't confuse it with
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𒆓𒆓 Two KAD5 signs in a row are two characters, unlike the single overlaid sign 𒆔.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𒆓 look different in different fonts?
Font variation can change its outline: different fonts may draw the same encoded sign differently, without making it a different character.
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How to type or find 𒆓
- Also called
- KAD₅
- Search it as
- kad5 · kad · tie · gather · carrying net · table · banšur₃ · cuneiform
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𒆓\12193Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.