U+12218 "𒈘" Cuneiform Sign Lugal over Lugal Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒈘
U+12218 "𒈘" Cuneiform Sign Lugal over Lugal is a compound sign in the cuneiform script, representing the Sumerian word "lugal," meaning king or ruler, written twice in a stacked configuration, with one instance placed directly above the other. This character is part of the Cuneiform Unicode block, specifically within the Early Dynastic and Old Babylonian periods, and was used primarily in administrative and royal inscriptions to emphasize authority or denote a superlative concept, such as "king of kings." Its structure visually reinforces the idea of supreme power, making it a notable example of how cuneiform employed spatial arrangement to convey semantic nuance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12218 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Lugal over Lugal |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒈘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒈘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x88 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDE18 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012218 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\ude18 |