U+1202E "ð’€®" Cuneiform Sign An over An Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1202E "ð’€®" Cuneiform Sign An over An is a compound sign from the ancient Mesopotamian writing system known as cuneiform, where it represents the Sumerian word for "sky" or "heaven" by stacking two instances of the basic sign "AN" (which itself means "god" or "heaven") directly on top of each other. This ligature was used in scribal traditions, particularly in lexical lists and religious texts, to denote a reduplicated or intensified concept, such as the pantheon or the heavens as a collective divine realm. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for the digital preservation and accurate representation of this historically significant script, facilitating scholarly study and electronic communication of ancient Near Eastern texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+1202E
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign An over An
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒀮
HTML Hex Encoding 𒀮
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x80 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDC2E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001202E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udc2e

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