U+12124 "𒄤" Cuneiform Sign Gum Times She Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒄤

U+12124 "𒄤" Cuneiform Sign Gum Times She is a complex Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform sign composed of the elements GUM and ŠE, indicating a fusion of the two individual signs combined or multiplied to create a distinct syllabic or logographic value. Found in the Cuneiform script block of the Unicode Standard, it was used in ancient Mesopotamian writing systems on clay tablets for administrative, literary, and legal texts. The sign likely represented a specific word or syllable, such as a type of grain or a related concept, reflecting the practical and symbolic flexibility of cuneiform signs that could be modified through compounding. This particular character is part of the effort to digitally encode the full variety of cuneiform signs, preserving the linguistic heritage of early civilizations in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+12124
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Gum Times She
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒄤
HTML Hex Encoding 𒄤
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x84 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDD24
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012124
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udd24

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