U+121DD "𒇝" Cuneiform Sign Lagab Times Shita Plus Gish Plus Erin2 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒇝

U+121DD "𒇝" Cuneiform Sign Lagab Times Shita Plus Gish Plus Erin2 is a specific glyph within the Cuneiform script block, representing a complex compound sign used in the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian writing systems. Its name indicates an evolution from simpler components: the base sign "Lagab" (a general term for a block or clod) is multiplied by "Shita" (an axe or tool) and combined with "Gish" (wood or tree) and "Erin2" (a variant of the word for cedar or a related plant). This compound likely encoded a specialized lexical or phonetic value, reflecting the scribal practice of stacking or combining signs to denote nuanced meanings or loanwords in administrative, economic, or literary texts from Mesopotamia. Despite its technical name, the character is rarely used in modern digital contexts outside of scholarly reconstruction or Unicode demonstration.

General Properties

Code Point U+121DD
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Lagab Times Shita Plus Gish Plus Erin2
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒇝
HTML Hex Encoding 𒇝
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x87 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDDDD
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000121DD
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udddd

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