U+12098 "𒂘" Cuneiform Sign En Times Gan2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒂘
U+12098 "𒂘" Cuneiform Sign En Times Gan2 is a composite sign from the Sumerian cuneiform script, representing a combination of the signs "EN" and "GAN2" stacked vertically, where "EN" typically denotes a lord or high priest and "GAN2" refers to a field or plot, often used together in administrative or economic texts to specify a type of landholding or estate. This character belongs to the block of Early Dynastic Cuneiform, one of the oldest writing systems in human history, and its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and scholarly analysis of ancient Mesopotamian records, particularly those from the third millennium BCE.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12098 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign En Times Gan2 |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒂘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒂘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x82 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDC98 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012098 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udc98 |