U+122A0 "ð’Š " Cuneiform Sign Sag Times Shid Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð’Š 

U+122A0 "ð’Š " Cuneiform Sign Sag Times Shid is a composite cuneiform sign from the Sumero-Akkadian syllabary, formed by combining the signs for SAG (head) and SHID, which often carried the phonetic value of "sag" or "shid" and was used primarily in the late Bronze Age, particularly in the Hittite variant of cuneiform writing. This character represents a specific scribal innovation where two distinct signs were layered or merged to represent a single logographic or syllabic value, typically appearing in administrative, legal, or religious texts inscribed on clay tablets. As part of the Cuneiform block in the Unicode standard, it preserves a tangible link to the complex writing systems of ancient Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and surrounding regions, encoding a graphic nuance that reflects the scribal tradition of combining signs to convey precise meanings or phonetic readings.

General Properties

Code Point U+122A0
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Sag Times Shid
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒊠
HTML Hex Encoding 𒊠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x8A 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDEA0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000122A0
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udea0

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