U+12278 "𒉸" Cuneiform Sign Nunuz Kisim5 Times Bi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒉸
U+12278 "𒉸" Cuneiform Sign Nunuz Kisim5 Times Bi is a complex sign from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, formed by combining the numeral three with the "Nunuz Kisim5" element, which itself represents a specific ligature or compound sign. This character is part of the Cuneiform block in the Unicode standard, used primarily for scholarly transcription and digital preservation of cuneiform texts. Its name indicates that it is a multiplicative or repeated form of the base sign, likely employed in administrative or lexical contexts to denote a particular quantity or concept in ancient Mesopotamian writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12278 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Nunuz Kisim5 Times Bi |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒉸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒉸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x89 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDE78 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012278 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\ude78 |