U+12210 "𒈐" Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Times Tug2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒈐
U+12210 "𒈐" Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Times Tug2 is a specific glyph within the Cuneiform script block, representing a compound sign formed by combining the signs for "LU2" (meaning man or person) and "TUG2" (meaning garment or cloth). This ligature, used in ancient Mesopotamian writing, often appears in Sumerian and Akkadian texts to denote a lexical or phonetic value tied to its composite parts, reflecting how cuneiform scribes compressed multiple sounds or concepts into a single character for efficiency in clay tablet inscriptions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12210 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Times Tug2 |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒈐 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒈐 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x88 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDE10 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012210 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\ude10 |