U+120B2 "ð’‚²" Cuneiform Sign Ezen Times Lu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+120B2 "ð’‚²" Cuneiform Sign Ezen Times Lu is a composite sign from the ancient cuneiform script used primarily for the Sumerian and Akkadian languages, representing a ligature formed by combining the signs for EZEN (often associated with festivals or the goddess Inanna) and LU (meaning "man" or "person"). This specific sign would have been employed in administrative, ritual, or literary contexts to denote a person or entity related to a festival or sacred ceremony, reflecting the scribal practice of merging two distinct logographic elements to create a nuanced or specialized meaning within the syllabic and logographic writing system of Mesopotamian clay tablets. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for the digital preservation and scholarly study of this ancient graphic form, ensuring that such a historically significant character remains accessible for linguistic and archaeological research.

General Properties

Code Point U+120B2
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ezen Times Lu
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒂲
HTML Hex Encoding 𒂲
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x82 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDCB2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000120B2
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udcb2

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