U+12051 "𒁑" Cuneiform Sign Bulug Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒁑
U+12051 "𒁑" Cuneiform Sign Bulug is part of the Cuneiform block, an ancient writing system used in Mesopotamia, and it represents a specific wedge shaped sign known as "Bulug" which in Sumerian and Akkadian contexts could denote a boundary, a limit, or a type of object or administrative term. This character was used primarily in the cuneiform script during the third millennium BCE onward, appearing in economic, legal, and literary texts inscribed on clay tablets. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars and digital projects can accurately encode and display this ancient symbol for research, preservation, and educational purposes in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12051 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Bulug |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒁑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒁑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x81 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDC51 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012051 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udc51 |