U+12016 "ð’€–" Cuneiform Sign Ab2 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+12016 "ð’€–" Cuneiform Sign Ab2 is a sign from the Sumerian-Akkadian cuneiform script, one of the oldest known writing systems, originating in ancient Mesopotamia around 3200 BCE. Phonetically, it represents the syllable "ab" or can denote the concept of a cow or ox when used as a logogram, often relating to livestock or agricultural contexts. This character belongs to the "Cuneiform" block in the Unicode standard, encoded as part of the Supplementary Multilingual Plane to preserve the vast repertoire of over a thousand known cuneiform signs for scholarly and digital use. Its wedge-shaped marks, carved into clay tablets with a reed stylus, reflect the distinctive horizontal, vertical, and diagonal impressions that define the script's visual and textual legacy.

General Properties

Code Point U+12016
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ab2
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒀖
HTML Hex Encoding 𒀖
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x80 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDC16
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012016
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udc16

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Cuneiform
Script Extensions Cuneiform
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter