U+120FD "𒃽" Cuneiform Sign Gashan Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒃽

U+120FD "𒃽" Cuneiform Sign Gashan is a specific Sumerian logogram from the cuneiform script, one of the earliest known writing systems developed in ancient Mesopotamia. This sign represents a word or concept rather than a single sound, and its name "Gashan" is a scholarly transliteration that approximates its phonetic value in the Sumerian language. The character is part of the Unicode block for Early Dynastic Cuneiform, encoded to preserve and digitally represent the diverse repertoire of signs used on clay tablets and other artifacts from the third millennium BCE. Its inclusion in Unicode allows scholars and enthusiasts to accurately reproduce ancient texts in modern digital environments, facilitating research into the history, culture, and languages of the Sumerians.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒃽
HTML Hex Encoding 𒃽
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x83 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDCFD
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000120FD
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udcfd

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