U+12204 "𒈄" Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Times Im Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒈄

U+12204 "𒈄" Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Times Im is an ancient Sumerian scribal composite found in the cuneiform writing system of Mesopotamia, representing the combination of the signs for "man" or "person" LU2 and IM denoting "clay," "storm," or "wind." This specific ligature was used in administrative, legal, and literary texts to convey nuanced meanings, often related to a specific official or a type of person associated with storm or clay contexts. As part of the early writing developed by the Sumerians and later adopted by Akkadian and other cultures, this sign appears on clay tablets from the third millennium BCE, offering modern scholars insight into the complex interplay of sound, meaning, and logographic representation in ancient Near Eastern languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+12204
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Times Im
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒈄
HTML Hex Encoding 𒈄
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x88 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDE04
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012204
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\ude04

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