U+121C1 "𒇁" Cuneiform Sign Lagab Times Bi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒇁
U+121C1 "𒇁" Cuneiform Sign Lagab Times Bi is a specific character from the Sumero Akkadian Cuneiform script block, representing a complex sign formed by combining the basic "LAGAB" sign with the "BI" sign through multiplication, a common scribal technique used to create new logograms or phonetic values. This particular cuneiform sign would have been impressed into wet clay tablets using a wedge shaped stylus in ancient Mesopotamia, serving as part of the writing system for languages such as Sumerian and Akkadian. It belongs to the extensive repertoire of over a thousand standardized cuneiform characters encoded in the Unicode Standard, which allows for digital preservation and scholarly study of this ancient writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+121C1 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Lagab Times Bi |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒇁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒇁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x87 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDDC1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000121C1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\uddc1 |