U+12247 "𒉇" Cuneiform Sign Nam2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒉇
U+12247 "𒉇" Cuneiform Sign Nam2 is a glyph from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian writing system known as cuneiform, which was inscribed on clay tablets in Mesopotamia. This specific sign, Nam2, represents a syllable or word element used in the cuneiform script, often conveying sounds or concepts related to names, declarations, or counting within administrative and literary texts from the third millennium BCE. As part of the Standard Cuneiform block in Unicode, it allows modern digital preservation and study of these historical inscriptions, bridging ancient languages with contemporary computing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12247 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Nam2 |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒉇 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒉇 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x89 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDE47 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012247 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\ude47 |