U+12221 "𒈡" Cuneiform Sign Ma Times Tak4 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+12221 "𒈡" Cuneiform Sign Ma Times Tak4 is a compound sign from the cuneiform script, one of the earliest known writing systems developed by the Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia. This particular glyph combines the signs for "ma" and "tak4," reflecting a common practice in cuneiform of creating new logograms or syllabic values by merging or overlaying two simpler characters. Belonging to the Cuneiform block in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, U+12221 was encoded as part of the Unicode Standard to digitally represent the vast corpus of cuneiform texts, which were used for administrative, legal, and literary purposes. This sign, like many in its set, helps modern scholars and digital archives preserve the intricate nuances of writing from the Bronze Age Near East.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𒈡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𒈡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x92 0x88 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD808 0xDE21 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00012221 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud808\ude21 |
Unicode Properties