U+120FA "𒃺" Cuneiform Sign Gan2 Crossing Gan2 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒃺

U+120FA "𒃺" Cuneiform Sign Gan2 Crossing Gan2 is a specific logo for the cuneiform writing system, representing a composite sign formed by two instances of the standard "Gan2" sign intersecting or overlapping each other. Belonging to the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script block, this rare glyph encodes a graphic variant used in ancient Mesopotamian inscriptions, likely serving a specialized phonetic or logographic function in Sumerian or Akkadian texts. The character is part of the broader Unicode effort to digitally preserve the complex repertoire of cuneiform that was used primarily for administrative, liturgical, and literary purposes on clay tablets.

General Properties

Code Point U+120FA
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Gan2 Crossing Gan2
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒃺
HTML Hex Encoding 𒃺
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x83 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDCFA
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000120FA
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udcfa

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