U+12281 "𒊁" Cuneiform Sign Pi Times Ab Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒊁
U+12281 "𒊁" Cuneiform Sign Pi Times Ab is a specific glyph from the Mesopotamian cuneiform script, representing a compound sign formed by the combination of the signs "PI" and "AB." It was primarily used in the Sumerian and Akkadian languages for administrative, economic, and literary texts, and its phonetic value or logographic meaning typically relates to concepts involving abundance, enclosure, or storage, reflecting its literal meaning as "area times granary." This character belongs to the Early Dynastic Cuneiform block of Unicode, preserving a piece of one of humanity's oldest writing systems and allowing for precise digital representation of ancient documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12281 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Pi Times Ab |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒊁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒊁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8A 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDE81 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012281 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\ude81 |