U+12099 "ð’‚™" Cuneiform Sign En Times Gan2 Tenu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+12099 "ð’‚™" Cuneiform Sign En Times Gan2 Tenu is a compound sign in the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a combination of the signs EN and GAN2 in a tenû (rotated or flipped) arrangement. This character belongs to the early writing system used primarily for the Sumerian and Akkadian languages, where wedge-shaped marks were impressed into clay tablets. While its exact syllabic or logographic usage varies by context, the sign generally appears in administrative, religious, or literary texts from ancient Mesopotamia, contributing to the encoding of proper names, titles, or economic terms. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates digital preservation and scholarly study of cuneiform documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12099 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign En Times Gan2 Tenu |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒂙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒂙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x82 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDC99 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012099 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udc99 |