U+122D5 "ð’‹•" Cuneiform Sign Shir over Shir Bur over Bur Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+122D5 "ð’‹•" Cuneiform Sign Shir over Shir Bur over Bur is a compound glyph from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform writing system, representing the superimposition of two cuneiform signs Shir and Bur stacked vertically, signifying a specific phonetic or logographic value used in ancient Mesopotamian texts. This character belongs to the Early Dynastic Cuneiform block of Unicode, which encodes signs from the earliest stages of cuneiform script development around 2900 to 2350 BCE. The visual construction of one sign placed over another indicates a ligature or complex syllabic reading, often employed in administrative, religious, or lexical lists to convey nuanced meanings or sound combinations. As a specialized historical script character, it allows modern digital preservation and study of ancient cuneiform documents.

General Properties

Code Point U+122D5
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Shir over Shir Bur over Bur
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Alias CUNEIFORM SIGN NU11 OVER NU11 BUR OVER BUR (correction)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒋕
HTML Hex Encoding 𒋕
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x8B 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDED5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000122D5
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\uded5

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