U+12207 "𒈇" Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Times Kad3 Plus Ash Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒈇

U+12207 "𒈇" Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Times Kad3 Plus Ash is a rare and complex symbol from the Sumerian cuneiform script, used in ancient Mesopotamia for writing on clay tablets. Its name indicates that it is a composite glyph, combining the sign for "Lu2" (meaning person or man) with a compound of the signs "Kad3" and "Ash" (a wedge-like mark), likely representing a specific phonetic value or a specialized administrative term. This character belongs to the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block and serves as an example of how scribes created new signs by stacking or merging existing ones to express precise concepts in economic, legal, or literary texts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures the digital preservation of such historical writing systems for modern scholarship and linguistic research.

General Properties

Code Point U+12207
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Times Kad3 Plus Ash
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒈇
HTML Hex Encoding 𒈇
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x88 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDE07
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012207
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\ude07

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