U+12223 "𒈣" Cuneiform Sign Ma2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒈣
U+12223 "𒈣" Cuneiform Sign Ma2 is a specific symbol from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform writing system, encoded in the Unicode Standard's Cuneiform block. It represents a syllabic sign used to denote the syllable "ma" in its second variant (hence the "Ma2" designation) within the script's complex phonetic and logographic system. This character is one of many wedge shaped marks that were impressed onto clay tablets thousands of years ago, and its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and study of cuneiform texts, enabling modern scholars to accurately represent and analyze historical documents from Mesopotamia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12223 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ma2 |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒈣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒈣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x88 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDE23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012223 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\ude23 |