This page lists the essential Unicode characters for transliterating Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform. Several families of fonts containing all of these characters are available from the fonts page. See also the note about keyboards at the foot of this page.
| LITERAL | U+ | UNICODE NAME | KEYS1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| á | 00E1 | LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE | |
| é | 00E9 | LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE | |
| í | 00ED | LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE | |
| ú | 00FA | LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE | |
| Á | 00C1 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE | |
| É | 00C9 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE | |
| Í | 00CD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE | |
| Ú | 00DA | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE | |
| ś | 015B | LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH ACUTE | S,s |
| Ś | 015A | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH ACUTE | S,S |
| à | 00E0 | LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE | |
| è | 00E8 | LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE | |
| ì | 00EC | LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE | |
| ù | 00F9 | LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE | |
| À | 00C0 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE | |
| È | 00C8 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE | |
| Ì | 00CC | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH GRAVE | |
| Ù | 00D9 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH GRAVE | |
| ā | 0101 | LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH MACRON | |
| ē | 0113 | LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH MACRON | |
| ī | 012B | LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH MACRON | |
| ū | 016B | LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH MACRON | |
| Ā | 0100 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH MACRON | |
| Ē | 0112 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH MACRON | |
| Ī | 012A | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH MACRON | |
| Ū | 016A | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH MACRON | |
| â | 00E2 | LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX | |
| ê | 00EA | LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX | |
| î | 00EE | LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX | |
| û | 00FB | LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX | |
| Â | 00C2 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX | |
| Ê | 00CA | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX | |
| Î | 00CE | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX | |
| Û | 00DB | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX | |
| š | 0161 | LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON | ,c |
| Š | 0160 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CARON | ,c |
| ṣ | 1E63 | LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH DOT BELOW | ,s |
| Ṣ | 1E62 | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH DOT BELOW | ,S |
| ṭ | 1E6D | LATIN SMALL LETTER T WITH DOT BELOW | ,t |
| Ṭ | 1E6C | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T WITH DOT BELOW | ,T |
| ḫ | 1E2B | LATIN SMALL LETTER H WITH BREVE BELOW | ,h |
| Ḫ | 1E2A | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H WITH BREVE BELOW | ,H |
| ŋ | 014B | LATIN SMALL LETTER ENG | ,j |
| Ŋ | 014A | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ENG | ,J |
| × | 00D7 | MULTIPLICATION SIGN | ,X |
| ʾ | 02BE | MODIFIER LETTER RIGHT HALF RING | ,) |
| ʿ | 02BF | MODIFIER LETTER LEFT HALF RING | ,( |
| ₀ | 2080 | SUBSCRIPT ZERO | ,0 |
| ₁ | 2081 | SUBSCRIPT ONE | ,1 |
| ₂ | 2082 | SUBSCRIPT TWO | ,2 |
| ₃ | 2083 | SUBSCRIPT THREE | ,3 |
| ₄ | 2084 | SUBSCRIPT FOUR | ,4 |
| ₅ | 2085 | SUBSCRIPT FIVE | ,5 |
| ₆ | 2086 | SUBSCRIPT SIX | ,6 |
| ₇ | 2087 | SUBSCRIPT SEVEN | ,7 |
| ₈ | 2088 | SUBSCRIPT EIGHT | ,8 |
| ₉ | 2089 | SUBSCRIPT NINE | ,9 |
| ₓ | 2093 | LATIN SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER X | ,x |
| ⸢ | 2E22 | TOP LEFT HALF BRACKET | ,[ |
| ⸣ | 2E23 | TOP RIGHT HALF BRACKET | ,] |
| ⸤ | 2E24 | BOTTOM LEFT HALF BRACKET | |
| ⸥ | 2E25 | BOTTOM RIGHT HALF BRACKET | |
| ʳ | 02B3 | MODIFIER LETTER SMALL R | ,r |
1A collection of keyboards supporting Unicode transliterations
implements a consistent set of input conventions across operating
systems. The keystrokes in the 'KEYS' column above are composed of
the comma character (,) or the shifted comma character
(S,). In each case the comma or shift-comma is followed
by the character typed to produce a unicode result.
For complete details please see the keyboards page.