U+12209 "𒈉" Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Times La Plus Ash Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒈉

U+12209 "𒈉" Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Times La Plus Ash is a compound logogram from the Sumerian cuneiform script, composed of the signs for "lu2" (man or person), "la" (a phonetic or semantic element), and "ash" (a single wedge or one), recorded in the supplementary repertoire of the ancient writing system. Its name explicitly describes its graphic construction, featuring the "lu2" sign multiplied by the conjunction of "la" with the addition of "ash". This character was used in administrative, legal, or literary texts to represent a specific lexical entry or proper noun, typically in the context of the late third to early second millennium BCE. The inclusion of this glyph in the Unicode Standard ensures its digital preservation and allows for scholarly research and reproduction of cuneiform documents across modern computing platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+12209
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Times La Plus Ash
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒈉
HTML Hex Encoding 𒈉
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x88 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDE09
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012209
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\ude09

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