U+1212F "𒄯" Cuneiform Sign Hi Times Ash2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒄯
U+1212F "𒄯" Cuneiform Sign Hi Times Ash2 is a compound glyph from the ancient Mesopotamian writing system, representing a combination of the signs "HI" and "ASH2" (a variant of the sign "ASH") that was used in the Sumerian and Akkadian languages. This specific cuneiform sign functioned as a logogram or syllabic element within cuneiform texts, typically appearing on clay tablets from the third to first millennia BCE and contributing to the encoding of administrative, literary, or economic records. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital representation and preservation of these historic scripts, facilitating modern research and transcription of cuneiform documents without requiring specialized fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1212F |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Hi Times Ash2 |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒄯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒄯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x84 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDD2F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001212F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udd2f |