U+12121 "ð’„¡" Cuneiform Sign Gud over Gud Lugal Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+12121 "ð’„¡" Cuneiform Sign Gud over Gud Lugal is a compound sign from the ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform script, representing the visual stacking of two "Gud" signs (depicting an ox) above the "Lugal" sign (meaning king or great man). This logogram combined the concepts of bovine imagery with royal authority, often appearing in Sumerian and Akkadian inscriptions to denote specific titles, deities, or ceremonial terms related to divine kingship and sacrificial offerings. Its inclusion in Unicode under the Cuneiform block allows for digital preservation and study of this early writing system, highlighting how scribes created complex symbols by merging simpler pictographs to convey nuanced administrative and religious meanings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12121 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Gud over Gud Lugal |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒄡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒄡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x84 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDD21 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012121 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udd21 |