U+12220 "ð’ˆ " Cuneiform Sign Ma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð’ˆ
U+12220 "ð’ˆ " Cuneiform Sign Ma is a specific glyph from the ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform script, which was used to write languages such as Sumerian and Akkadian. This character primarily represents the syllable "ma" in the cuneiform syllabary and could also function as a logogram for related words. Its wedge shaped impressions were carved into clay tablets using a stylus, forming part of a vast writing system that recorded administrative, literary, and legal texts across several millennia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12220 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ma |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒈠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒈠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x88 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDE20 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012220 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\ude20 |