U+122BF "ð’Š¿" Cuneiform Sign Shen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð’Š¿
U+122BF "ð’Š¿" Cuneiform Sign Shen is a logogram or syllabogram from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian writing systems used in Mesopotamia, representing a pictographic wedge shaped mark pressed into clay. This specific sign, named after its reconstructed phonetic value "shen" in the modern scholarly tradition, frequently appears in administrative, legal, and literary cuneiform texts, where it could denote a word or a syllable within a larger phrase. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard enables digital preservation and study of these ancient records, allowing linguists and historians to accurately transcribe and analyze the rich cultural heritage of early civilizations such as those in Sumer and Babylon.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+122BF |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Shen |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒊿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒊿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8A 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDEBF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000122BF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udebf |