U+1230E "𒌎" Cuneiform Sign U over U Pa over Pa Gar over Gar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒌎
U+1230E "𒌎" Cuneiform Sign U over U Pa over Pa Gar over Gar is a complex ligature from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a stacking of the signs U, PA, and GAR, each repeated in sequence to form a single grapheme used primarily in the writing of the Sumerian language on clay tablets. This character belongs to the Early Dynastic Cuneiform block in Unicode, a collection designed to encode archaic or rare signs from the earliest periods of cuneiform writing, and its intricate composition reflects the scribal practice of combining multiple phonetic or logographic elements into one compact symbol for efficiency in space and readability.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1230E |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign U over U Pa over Pa Gar over Gar |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒌎 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒌎 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8C 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDF0E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001230E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udf0e |