U+12086 "𒂆" Cuneiform Sign Dun3 Gunu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒂆

U+12086 "𒂆" Cuneiform Sign Dun3 Gunu is a grapheme from the Cuneiform script, an ancient writing system used primarily in Mesopotamia by civilizations such as the Sumerians, Akkadians, and Babylonians. This particular sign represents a variant of the glyph "Dun3" that includes a "gunu" or hatched, crosshatched, or dotted filling which often indicates a phonetic or semantic modification in cuneiform texts. It was used in various contexts, including administrative, legal, and literary records, to denote specific syllables or words within the complex logographic and syllabic writing system. The inclusion of such signs in the Unicode Standard ensures that scholars and digital archivists can accurately reproduce and study ancient cuneiform inscriptions in modern electronic formats.

General Properties

Code Point U+12086
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Dun3 Gunu
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒂆
HTML Hex Encoding 𒂆
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x82 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDC86
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012086
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udc86

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