U+12265 "𒉥" Cuneiform Sign Nun Lagar Times Mash Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒉥

U+12265 "𒉥" Cuneiform Sign Nun Lagar Times Mash is a specific logographic or syllabic sign from the ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform script, representing a compound of the signs NUN, LAGAR, and MASH, combined through a process of scribal ligature. This character is defined in the Unicode standard within the Cuneiform block, which encodes signs from the Sumero-Akkadian writing system used primarily for Sumerian and Akkadian languages. Its phonetic or semantic value is typically associated with terms related to "prince," "lord," or "greatness," often appearing in royal inscriptions or administrative texts from the third to first millennium BCE. The sign's complex visual form reflects the layered writing tradition where multiple component signs were fused into a single glyph for efficiency or to convey nuanced meaning, preserving a direct link to the historical practices of ancient Near Eastern scribes.

General Properties

Code Point U+12265
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Nun Lagar Times Mash
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒉥
HTML Hex Encoding 𒉥
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x89 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDE65
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012265
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\ude65

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