U+12243 "𒉃" Cuneiform Sign Naga Opposing Naga Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒉃
U+12243 "𒉃" Cuneiform Sign Naga Opposing Naga is a specific glyph from the Cuneiform script used in ancient Mesopotamia, representing a rare composite sign formed by two Naga (a type of snake or dragon) figures facing each other in opposition. This character belongs to the Cuneiform block of Unicode, which encodes signs from the Sumerian, Akkadian, and other related writing systems, and it is typically used in scholarly contexts for the transcription and digital representation of historical inscriptions. The opposing arrangement of the Naga symbols likely carried symbolic or ritual significance in certain texts, though its exact semantic function remains a subject of study among Assyriologists and epigraphers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12243 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Naga Opposing Naga |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒉃 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒉃 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x89 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDE43 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012243 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\ude43 |