U+12156 "ð’…–" Cuneiform Sign Ish Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð’…–
U+12156 "ð’…–" Cuneiform Sign Ish is a glyph from the ancient Mesopotamian writing system known as cuneiform, inscribed primarily on clay tablets with a wedge shaped stylus. This specific sign represents the syllabic value "ish" and was used in the Akkadian language to write words or syllables containing that sound, playing a role in documenting the economics, literature, and administration of ancient Sumer, Akkad, and Babylon. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard as part of the Cuneiform block allows for the digital representation and study of these historic texts, preserving a key element of human written heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12156 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ish |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒅖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒅖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x85 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDD56 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012156 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udd56 |