U+120C1 "𒃁" Cuneiform Sign Ga2 Times Bur Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒃁

U+120C1 "𒃁" Cuneiform Sign Ga2 Times Bur is a specific compound sign from the Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a ligature formed by combining the sign "GA2" (a house or enclosure) with the sign "BUR" (a type of vessel or bowl). Inscribed with wedge shaped marks on clay tablets, this character was used in ancient Mesopotamian writing systems to denote a syllabic value or an ideogram, often appearing in administrative, economic, or religious texts to encode words related to storage, containers, or quantities. It belongs to the Early Dynastic Cuneiform block of the Unicode Standard, which was added to support the digital encoding of ancient scripts, allowing modern scholars and enthusiasts to accurately represent and study this historical writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+120C1
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ga2 Times Bur
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒃁
HTML Hex Encoding 𒃁
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x83 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDCC1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000120C1
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udcc1

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