U+12340 "𒍀" Cuneiform Sign Uru Times Gu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒍀

U+12340 "𒍀" Cuneiform Sign Uru Times Gu is a specific glyph from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a composite sign formed by combining the "Uru" sign with the "Gu" sign, likely indicating a related or compounded phonetic or logographic value in the writing system. This character belongs to the Early Dynastic Cuneiform block within Unicode, which encodes the wedge shaped marks pressed into clay tablets by scribes in Mesopotamia over four thousand years ago. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for the digital preservation and accurate representation of such historical writing, enabling scholars and researchers to work with the cuneiform texts electronically while studying the language, culture, and administration of ancient civilizations like Sumer and Babylon.

General Properties

Code Point U+12340
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Uru Times Gu
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒍀
HTML Hex Encoding 𒍀
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x8D 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDF40
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012340
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udf40

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