Winkelhaken

The Winkelhaken (German: [ˈvɪŋkəlˌhaːkən], "angular hook"), also simply called a hook, is one of five basic wedge elements appearing in the composition of signs in Akkadian cuneiform.

It was realized by pressing the point of the stylus into the clay.

A single Winkelhaken corresponds to the sign U (Borger 1981 nr.

411, Borger 2003 nr.

661), encoded in Unicode at code point U+1230B 𒌋. other signs consisting of Winkelhaken: This ancient Near East–related article is a stub.