U+122D6 "ð’‹–" Cuneiform Sign Shita Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+122D6 "ð’‹–" Cuneiform Sign Shita is a character from the ancient Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, representing the syllabic value "shita" or "šita." This sign, part of the standard cuneiform repertoire inscribed on clay tablets in ancient Mesopotamia, was primarily used in writing the Sumerian and Akkadian languages for administrative, literary, and religious purposes. Its specific wedge-shaped forms, produced by pressing a reed stylus into wet clay, could denote a phonetic syllable or, in some contexts, function as a logogram for words related to concepts such as "gift" or "offering." The character is encoded in the Unicode Cuneiform block, ensuring its preservation and availability for digital text representation and scholarly study.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+122D6 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Shita |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒋖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒋖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8B 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDED6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000122D6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\uded6 |