U+1228E "ð’ŠŽ" Cuneiform Sign Pirig Opposing Pirig Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð’ŠŽ

U+1228E "ð’ŠŽ" Cuneiform Sign Pirig Opposing Pirig is an ancient Sumerian logogram from the cuneiform script, representing the specific glyptic motif of two "pirig" figures, which likely denote lions or mythological hybrid beasts, placed in opposition to each other. This sign belongs to the Early Dynastic period of Mesopotamian writing and is often found in administrative, dedicatory, or protective contexts, symbolizing duality, conflict, or balanced forces. Its encoding in the Unicode Standard under the Cuneiform block ensures preservation and digital study of this rare and visually distinctive character, which reflects the symbolic artistry of early writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+1228E
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Pirig Opposing Pirig
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒊎
HTML Hex Encoding 𒊎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x8A 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDE8E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001228E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\ude8e

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