U+121E6 "𒇦" Cuneiform Sign Lagab Times U Plus A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒇦
U+121E6 "𒇦" Cuneiform Sign Lagab Times U Plus A is a complex sign from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, which was used in ancient Mesopotamia for writing languages such as Sumerian and Akkadian. This particular glyph is a ligature or compound sign, formed by combining the base sign LAGAB with the sign U and the sign A, representing a specific phonetic or syllabic value that was used in recording economic, administrative, or literary texts on clay tablets. Its existence demonstrates the highly logographic and syllabic nature of cuneiform, where multiple basic signs could be merged to create new composite characters for precise linguistic representation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+121E6 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Lagab Times U Plus A |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒇦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒇦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x87 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDDE6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000121E6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udde6 |