U+120F3 "𒃳" Cuneiform Sign Gal Gad over Gad Gar over Gar Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+120F3 "𒃳" Cuneiform Sign Gal Gad over Gad Gar over Gar is a complex logogram from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a combination of smaller signs stacked vertically, where "GAL" (meaning "great" or "big") sits above a sequence of repeated "GAD GAR" elements, each signifying specific syllables or semantic concepts in ancient Mesopotamian languages. This character was typically used in administrative or literary texts on clay tablets, often as a determinative or part of a larger compound word to denote size, quality, or a specialized term related to garments or measurement. Its intricate structure reflects the cuneiform system's ability to convey nuanced meaning through spatial arrangement of wedges, and it remains of interest to epigraphers and digital humanities scholars studying the encoding of ancient scripts in modern text standards.

General Properties

Code Point U+120F3
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Gal Gad over Gad Gar over Gar
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒃳
HTML Hex Encoding 𒃳
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x83 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDCF3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000120F3
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udcf3

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