U+12224 "𒈤" Cuneiform Sign Mah Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒈤
U+12224 "𒈤" Cuneiform Sign Mah is a logogram from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, representing the phonetic value "mah" and often connoting greatness, magnificence, or the concept of being exalted in a physical or social sense. This sign is part of the Cuneiform block in Unicode, encoded for use in digital texts to accurately represent the complex wedge-shaped writing system that flourished in Mesopotamia from the late 4th millennium BCE. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard helps preserve and facilitate the study of ancient languages by allowing scholars and enthusiasts to type, display, and process this historic script across modern computer systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12224 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Mah |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒈤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒈤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x88 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDE24 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012224 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\ude24 |