U+12335 "š’Œµ" Cuneiform Sign Uri Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

š’Œµ

U+12335 "š’Œµ" 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 "ālu," 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

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