U+120FB "π»" Cuneiform Sign Gar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+120FB "π»" Cuneiform Sign Gar is a logogram from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, which was used in Mesopotamia over four thousand years ago. This specific sign represents the syllable "gar" and could also function as a determinative or part of compound words, often carrying meanings related to placing, establishing, or making, as seen in terms like "Δar" meaning "to place" or "to set." Its wedge-shaped and line-based design reflects the typical structure of cuneiform signs, which were impressed into clay tablets using a reed stylus. Today, this character is encoded as part of the Unicode standard to allow for the digital preservation and scholarly study of this ancient writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+120FB |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Gar |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒃻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒃻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x83 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDCFB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000120FB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udcfb |