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

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