U+12202 "𒈂" Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Times Gan2 Tenu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒈂

U+12202 "𒈂" Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Times Gan2 Tenu is a specific glyph from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, which was used for writing ancient languages like Sumerian and Akkadian in Mesopotamia. This character is a compound sign formed by combining the cuneiform symbols for "Lu2" and a variant of "Gan2" distinguished by the term "Tenu," which indicates a thinner or narrower scribal rendering of the sign. It belongs to the Cuneiform block of the Unicode Standard, encoding a character that was employed in administrative, legal, and literary texts. The sign likely represents a specific syllabic or logographic value used in ancient scribal traditions, preserving the visual and linguistic complexity of one of humanity's earliest writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+12202
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Times Gan2 Tenu
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒈂
HTML Hex Encoding 𒈂
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x88 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDE02
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012202
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\ude02

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