U+1207A "𒁺" Cuneiform Sign Du Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒁺

U+1207A "𒁺" Cuneiform Sign Du is a glyph from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, representing the syllable "du" and often carrying the semantic meaning of "to go," "to come," or "to build" in Sumerian texts. This sign is part of the Early Dynastic Cuneiform block in Unicode, which encodes signs from the earliest stages of cuneiform writing used in Mesopotamia around 2900 to 2300 BCE. Visually, it consists of a combination of wedge shaped impressions typical of cuneiform, and its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for the digital representation and study of these ancient inscriptions in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+1207A
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Du
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒁺
HTML Hex Encoding 𒁺
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x81 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDC7A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001207A
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udc7a

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Cuneiform
Script Extensions Cuneiform
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter