U+12239 "𒈹" Cuneiform Sign Mush3 Unicode Character

U+12239 "𒈹" Cuneiform Sign Mush3 is a specific glyph from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, representing the phonetic syllable "muš" or the logographic meaning for "snake" or "dragon". This sign is part of the Cuneiform block within Unicode, encoding a symbol originally impressed onto clay tablets with a wedge-shaped stylus in Mesopotamia around 3000 BCE. It is used in the transliteration of ancient texts, particularly in epigraphic studies and digital archives, to preserve and reproduce the exact visual form of the sign as it appears in historical inscriptions. By incorporating this character, modern computing allows scholars to accurately represent and analyze the linguistic and cultural content of early written records.

General Properties

Code Point	U+12239
Version Added	5.0
Name	Cuneiform Sign Mush3
Block	Cuneiform
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𒈹
HTML Hex Encoding	𒈹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x92 0x88 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD808 0xDE39
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00012239
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud808\ude39

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Cuneiform
Script Extensions	Cuneiform
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	OLetter