U+120F4 "ð’ƒ´" Cuneiform Sign Galam Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+120F4 "ð’ƒ´" Cuneiform Sign Galam is an ancient Sumerian and Akkadian logogram or syllabogram, and it is part of the Cuneiform script block in the Unicode Standard, representing one of the earliest known writing systems from Mesopotamia. This specific sign, named Galam, primarily carries the meaning of "to be clever," "skilled," or "to produce," and it could also be used syllabically to represent the sound "gal" or "galam" in cuneiform texts. It appears in historical inscriptions on clay tablets and other artifacts, contributing to the study of ancient languages, literature, and administrative records from the third millennium BCE onward.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+120F4 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Galam |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒃴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒃴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x83 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDCF4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000120F4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udcf4 |