U+122E9 "ð’‹©" Cuneiform Sign Sur Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð’‹©

U+122E9 "ð’‹©" Cuneiform Sign Sur is a graphical representation of a specific sign from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, a wedge shaped writing system used in Mesopotamia from around the 34th century BC. This particular sign, known by the Sumerian pronunciation "sur," typically carries the phonetic value sur or á¹£ur and was used in the writing of various languages including Sumerian, Akkadian, and Hittite. It could represent a syllable in a word or serve as a determinative or logogram, for instance, contributing to meanings related to pressing, extracting, or refining liquids, reflecting its common use in administrative and economic texts involving oil, wine, or beer. The preservation of this character in the Unicode standard allows for the accurate digital representation and scholarly exchange of ancient cuneiform texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+122E9
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Sur
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒋩
HTML Hex Encoding 𒋩
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x8B 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDEE9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000122E9
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udee9

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