U+121B7 "ð’†·" Cuneiform Sign La Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+121B7 "ð’†·" Cuneiform Sign La is a graphical representation of a Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform symbol used in ancient Mesopotamian writing. This specific sign, known as "LA," typically carries a syllabic value of "la" in Akkadian and can also function as a determinative or logogram in certain contexts. It belongs to the Cuneiform block of the Unicode Standard, which encompasses characters from the early Sumerian script used from roughly the 3rd millennium BCE onward. The sign is often found in administrative, literary, and legal texts inscribed on clay tablets, where it helped record languages such as Sumerian, Akkadian, and Hittite, providing modern scholars with valuable insights into ancient civilizations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+121B7 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign La |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒆷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒆷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x86 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDDB7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000121B7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\uddb7 |