U+12146 "ð’…†" Cuneiform Sign Igi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð’…†

U+12146 "ð’…†" Cuneiform Sign Igi is a specific glyph from the ancient cuneiform script, which was used primarily in the Sumerian, Akkadian, and other languages of Mesopotamia. This particular sign, Igi, originally depicted an eye and carried the core meaning of "eye" or "sight," but it also functioned logographically to represent the words for "face," "front," or "before" and served as a determinative in compound signs to indicate perception or vision in a given context. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard within the Sumero Akkadian Cuneiform block allows modern scholars and digital archivists to accurately represent one of the world's earliest writing systems in electronic texts, preserving the nuanced semantics of this iconic symbol for linguistic and historical study.

General Properties

Code Point U+12146
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Igi
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒅆
HTML Hex Encoding 𒅆
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x85 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDD46
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012146
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udd46

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