U+12296 "ð’Š–" Cuneiform Sign Sag Times A Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð’Š–

U+12296 "ð’Š–" Cuneiform Sign Sag Times A is a specific logographic or syllabic sign from the ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform script, representing the combination of the "SAG" sign (meaning "head" or "top") overlaid with the "A" sign (meaning "water" or "son"), and its phonetic reading and meaning could vary based on context, such as being used in the writing of personal names or specialized vocabulary in Sumerian or Akkadian texts. This character belongs to the "Cuneiform" Unicode block (U+12000 to U+123FF), which encodes over 900 signs from the original script used for centuries across the ancient Near East. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the standardized digital representation and exchange of these historically significant symbols for academic research, digital humanities projects, and the study of early writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+12296
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Sag Times A
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒊖
HTML Hex Encoding 𒊖
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x8A 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDE96
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012296
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\ude96

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