U+12256 "ð’‰–" Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times Gud Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð’‰–
U+12256 "ð’‰–" Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times Gud is a specific logogram from the ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform script, representing the word for "bread" or "food" (NINDA) multiplied or qualified by the sign for "ox" (GUD). This compound sign is used in Sumerian and Akkadian texts to denote a type of ration or measure, likely referring to a specific quantity of bread or a foodstuff associated with cattle. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates the digital representation and scholarly study of cuneiform writing, preserving a small but precise piece of the administrative and economic vocabulary of early civilizations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12256 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ninda2 Times Gud |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒉖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒉖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x89 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDE56 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012256 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\ude56 |