U+12268 "𒉨" Cuneiform Sign Nun Lagar Times Ush Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒉨

U+12268 "𒉨" Cuneiform Sign Nun Lagar Times Ush is a specific grapheme used in the ancient writing system of cuneiform, which was developed by the Sumerians and later adopted by other Mesopotamian cultures like the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. This sign is a composite ligature, created by combining the cuneiform signs for "Nun," "Lagar," and "Ush" to represent a particular phonetic value or syllable, often used in writing administrative, economic, or religious texts on clay tablets. As part of the Unicode standard, this character preserves a small but important piece of linguistic history, allowing modern scholars and enthusiasts to digitally reproduce and study the complex script of Mesopotamia without relying on physical artifacts.

General Properties

Code Point U+12268
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Nun Lagar Times Ush
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒉨
HTML Hex Encoding 𒉨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x89 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDE68
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012268
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\ude68

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