U+122C4 "ð’‹„" Cuneiform Sign Shid Times A Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+122C4 "ð’‹„" Cuneiform Sign Shid Times A is a representation of a complex sign from the ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform script, where the basic sign "Shid" (often associated with the Sumerian word for "heart" or "middle") is combined with the sign for "A" (meaning "water" or "son") in a ligature or multiplication structure, indicating a compound logogram or phonetic value. This character belongs to the Cuneiform block of the Unicode Standard, encoded for digital preservation and scholarly use to accurately reproduce texts from languages such as Sumerian and Akkadian. Its specific components suggest it may have been employed in administrative, religious, or literary contexts to convey nuanced meanings or grammatical relationships, highlighting the complexity of cuneiform writing where signs could be merged to form new syllabic or ideographic units.

General Properties

Code Point U+122C4
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Shid Times A
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒋄
HTML Hex Encoding 𒋄
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x8B 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDEC4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000122C4
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udec4

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