U+121B8 "𒆸" Cuneiform Sign Lagab Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒆸
U+121B8 "𒆸" Cuneiform Sign Lagab is a historical symbol from the ancient cuneiform script, which was used for writing Sumerian, Akkadian, and other languages of Mesopotamia. This particular sign represents the word "Lagab," which in Sumerian translates to "block" or "clod," often referring to a lump of earth or a building block. Its wedge shaped structure is typical of cuneiform signs inscribed on clay tablets, and it was utilized in administrative, economic, and literary texts from the third millennium BCE onward. As part of the Unicode Standard, this glyph ensures the preservation and digital representation of this important piece of human writing history, allowing for use in modern computing and scholarly research.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+121B8 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Lagab |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒆸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒆸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x86 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDDB8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000121B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\uddb8 |