U+12036 "𒀶" Cuneiform Sign Arkab Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒀶
U+12036 "𒀶" Cuneiform Sign Arkab is a logographic symbol from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian writing system known as cuneiform, which was used in Mesopotamia from roughly the 3rd millennium BCE. The name "Arkab" translates to "chariot" or "wagon," and the glyph represents a simplified drawing of a four wheeled vehicle, often used in administrative and economic texts to denote a chariot or a specific type of vehicle for transport or warfare, as well as occasionally in royal inscriptions to signify military might or travel. Its inclusion in Unicode preserves a direct digital link to one of humanity's earliest writing technologies, allowing scholars and enthusiasts to represent this ancient sign in modern text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12036 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Arkab |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒀶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒀶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x80 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDC36 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012036 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udc36 |