U+12071 "𒁱" Cuneiform Sign Dara4 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒁱
U+12071 "𒁱" Cuneiform Sign Dara4 is a specific glyph from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, representing the sign for the syllable "dara" or a related logographic value. It belongs to the "Cuneiform" block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to digitally preserve and encode the wedge-shaped writing system used in Mesopotamia from around the 3rd millennium BCE onward. This particular sign, Dara4, would have been employed in administrative, religious, or literary texts, typically inscribed on clay tablets. By including it in the Unicode repertoire, modern digital systems can accurately represent, study, and share this historical character without relying on simplified approximations or images.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12071 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Dara4 |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒁱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒁱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x81 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDC71 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012071 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udc71 |