U+12112 "ð’„’" Cuneiform Sign Gish Crossing Gish Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+12112 "ð’„’" Cuneiform Sign Gish Crossing Gish is a specific logogram from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian writing systems, representing the word for "tree," "wood," or "plant" through the repetition and crossing of the basic GISH sign, which originally depicted a wooden object or stick. This compound character was often used in administrative and literary texts to indicate multiple or intertwined pieces of wood, or to denote a collective concept related to timber or vegetation. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard preserves a nuanced glyph from the cuneiform script, allowing for accurate digital representation of ancient Mesopotamian records where this crossed form clarified meaning in contexts such as trade, construction, or ritual inventories.

General Properties

Code Point U+12112
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Gish Crossing Gish
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒄒
HTML Hex Encoding 𒄒
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x84 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDD12
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012112
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udd12

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