U+12217 "ð’ˆ—" Cuneiform Sign Lugal Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð’ˆ—
U+12217 "ð’ˆ—" Cuneiform Sign Lugal is a logogram from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian writing system that represents the word for "king" or "master." This sign, often used in royal inscriptions and administrative texts, combines the cuneiform elements for "man" (LU) and "great" (GAL), literally meaning "great man." It appears in the Unicode Standard under the Sumero Akkadian Cuneiform block, encoding one of the most significant and frequently employed symbols in Mesopotamian cuneiform for denoting political authority and sovereignty.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12217 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Lugal |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒈗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒈗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x88 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDE17 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012217 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\ude17 |