U+12295 "ð’Š•" Cuneiform Sign Sag Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð’Š•
U+12295 "ð’Š•" Cuneiform Sign Sag is a specific cuneiform logogram derived from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian writing systems of Mesopotamia, where it primarily represents the word for "head" or "top." This character is frequently used as a determinative to indicate parts of the body or persons in cuneiform texts, and it can also carry phonetic values such as "sag" in Akkadian contexts. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard under the Cuneiform script block enables the digital preservation and study of one of humanity's earliest writing systems, allowing modern scholars and enthusiasts to accurately encode and display ancient inscriptions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12295 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Sag |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒊕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒊕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8A 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDE95 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012295 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\ude95 |