U+12123 "ð’„£" Cuneiform Sign Gum Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð’„£

U+12123 "ð’„£" Cuneiform Sign Gum is a wedge shaped character from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian writing system used in Mesopotamia, representing the syllabic value "gum" or the Sumerian word for "thread" or "string." This sign belongs to the Cuneiform block of Unicode, which was encoded to support digital preservation and study of these early scripts. In its historical context, the gum sign was employed in administrative, religious, and literary texts inscribed on clay tablets, often functioning as a phonetic component in longer words or as a logogram. Its inclusion in Unicode allows modern scholars, linguists, and enthusiasts to accurately represent and analyze cuneiform inscriptions in digital formats, contributing to the ongoing decoding of ancient Near Eastern languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+12123
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Gum
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒄣
HTML Hex Encoding 𒄣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x84 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDD23
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012123
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udd23

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