U+122A9 "ð’Š©" Cuneiform Sign Sal Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð’Š©

U+122A9 "ð’Š©" Cuneiform Sign Sal is a logogram and determinative from the Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, primarily representing the word for "woman" or "female." In ancient Mesopotamian writing, this sign served both as a standalone word for "female" and as a semantic classifier placed before personal names or professions to indicate a woman's gender or to reference goddesses and feminine concepts. Its wedge-shaped appearance, typical of cuneiform script, was impressed into clay tablets using a reed stylus, and it is part of the Unicode standard's Cuneiform block, which preserves this ancient writing system for modern digital use.

General Properties

Code Point U+122A9
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Sal
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒊩
HTML Hex Encoding 𒊩
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x8A 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDEA9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000122A9
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udea9

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