U+12054 "𒁔" Cuneiform Sign Bur2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒁔
U+12054 "𒁔" Cuneiform Sign Bur2 is a glyph from the early Sumerian script used in ancient Mesopotamia, representing a wedge-shaped mark impressed into clay tablets. This particular sign, read as "bur2" or "gur," typically carried the meanings of "to release," "to open," or "to save," and often appeared in administrative, legal, and religious texts as a verb. As part of the Cuneiform block within the Unicode Standard, it enables modern digital preservation and study of ancient writings, allowing scholars and enthusiasts to accurately represent this historical symbol in electronic documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12054 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Bur2 |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒁔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒁔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x81 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDC54 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012054 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udc54 |