U+12000 "ð’€€" Cuneiform Sign A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+12000 "ð’€€" Cuneiform Sign A is one of the oldest written symbols in human history, originating from the cuneiform script developed by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia around 3200 BCE. This particular sign represents a simple wedge shaped character that could denote the sound "a" or serve as a determinative for certain categories of words in the Akkadian and Sumerian languages. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard within the Sumero Akkadian Cuneiform block allows modern digital text to preserve and display this ancient script, connecting contemporary communication with the earliest known systems of writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12000 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign A |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒀀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒀀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x80 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDC00 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012000 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udc00 |