U+1206E "𒁮" Cuneiform Sign Dam Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒁮
U+1206E "𒁮" Cuneiform Sign Dam is a logogram and syllabogram from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, representing the word "dam" which can mean "spouse" or "mate" as well as function as a phonetic element in compound words. This particular sign is part of the Early Dynastic and later cuneiform writing systems, carved into clay tablets primarily for administrative, legal, and literary texts in Mesopotamia between roughly 3200 BCE and the first century CE. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that scholars and enthusiasts can digitally represent this historically significant character, preserving a direct link to one of humanity's earliest writing traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1206E |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Dam |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒁮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒁮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x81 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDC6E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001206E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udc6e |