U+12335 "šµ" Cuneiform Sign Uri Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
šµ
U+12335 "šµ" Cuneiform Sign Uri is a glyph from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script that represents the syllabic value "uri" and also serves as a logogram for the Akkadian word "Älu," meaning city or town. This specific sign was used primarily in the writing of the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian languages on clay tablets, often appearing in place names such as "Ur" or in administrative and economic texts. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for the digital preservation and scholarly reproduction of these ancient inscriptions, bridging modern computing with one of humanity's earliest writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12335 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Uri |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒌵 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒌵 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8C 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDF35 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012335 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udf35 |