U+1233B "𒌻" Cuneiform Sign Uru Times Dun Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒌻
U+1233B "𒌻" Cuneiform Sign Uru Times Dun is a logographic sign from the Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a compound formed by combining the sign for "URU" (city) with the sign for "DUN" (a type of foundation or pile). This character was inscribed on clay tablets primarily during the early and late Bronze Age, used in administrative, economic, and literary texts across Mesopotamia. Its specific meaning often relates to urban planning or construction, denoting a foundational city mound or a settlement built upon accumulated layers, reflecting the complex practice of rebus writing where multiple signs interact to convey nuanced concepts in the ancient cuneiform writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1233B |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Uru Times Dun |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒌻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒌻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8C 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDF3B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001233B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udf3b |