U+1203D "ð’€½" Cuneiform Sign Ash over Ash over Ash Crossing Ash over Ash over Ash Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1203D "ð’€½" Cuneiform Sign Ash over Ash over Ash Crossing Ash over Ash over Ash is one of the many complex and visually intricate signs in the Cuneiform script, specifically belonging to the early Sumerian and Akkadian writing systems used in ancient Mesopotamia. This sign consists of multiple repetitions and crossings of the basic "Ash" wedge-shaped element, creating a dense, layered glyph that likely represented a specific phonetic value or logographic concept, though its precise meaning remains a subject of ongoing study among Assyriologists. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard helps preserve and digitally encode the vast variety of cuneiform symbols, enabling accurate representation and research of these ancient texts in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+1203D
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ash over Ash over Ash Crossing Ash over Ash over Ash
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒀽
HTML Hex Encoding 𒀽
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x80 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDC3D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001203D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udc3d

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