U+122D4 "ð’‹”" Cuneiform Sign Shir Tenu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+122D4 "ð’‹”" Cuneiform Sign Shir Tenu is a specific glyph used in the Cuneiform script, one of the earliest systems of writing developed in ancient Mesopotamia. This particular sign represents a variant or reduced form of the standard "Shir" cuneiform sign, often employed in Hittite or Sumerian contexts to denote the sound or meaning associated with that syllable. It belongs to the Unicode block "Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation" but is classified under additional cuneiform sign categories, serving as a specialized or ligature-like character in the study of ancient Near Eastern texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+122D4
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Shir Tenu
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Alias CUNEIFORM SIGN NU11 TENU (correction)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒋔
HTML Hex Encoding 𒋔
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x8B 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDED4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000122D4
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\uded4

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