U+121EA "𒇪" Cuneiform Sign Lagab Times Ush Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+121EA "𒇪" Cuneiform Sign Lagab Times Ush is a logogram from the ancient Mesopotamian writing system known as cuneiform, specifically composed of the sign LAGAB combined with the sign USH, where LAGAB represents an area or enclosure and USH typically denotes a snake or a protective deity. This compound sign was used primarily in Sumerian and Akkadian texts to convey specific syllabic or lexical meanings, often related to administrative, economic, or religious contexts, such as referencing a type of land allotment or a protective entity. Its existence in the Unicode standard, part of the Cuneiform block (U+12000 to U+123FF), ensures that scholars and digital archivists can accurately represent and preserve these ancient scripts in modern computing environments, facilitating the study of early writing and administrative systems from the third millennium BCE.

General Properties

Code Point U+121EA
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Lagab Times Ush
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒇪
HTML Hex Encoding 𒇪
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x87 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDDEA
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000121EA
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\uddea

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