U+12042 "𒁂" Cuneiform Sign Bag3 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒁂
U+12042 "𒁂" Cuneiform Sign Bag3 is a specific glyph from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a syllabic or logographic value used in writing the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian languages. This sign, part of the early Bronze Age writing system primarily inscribed on clay tablets, encodes a phonetic sound or word concept from the historical corpus, with its precise reading and usage determined by its context within administrative, literary, or legal texts from Mesopotamia. As a digitized character in the Unicode Standard's Cuneiform block, it allows for the preservation and modern digital representation of this ancient script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12042 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Bag3 |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒁂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒁂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x81 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDC42 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012042 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udc42 |