U+12353 "𒍓" Cuneiform Sign Ush Times Ku Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒍓

U+12353 "𒍓" Cuneiform Sign Ush Times Ku is a specific glyph from the ancient Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script used primarily for writing the Sumerian and Akkadian languages in Mesopotamia. This character represents a compound sign formed by combining the cuneiform elements "Ush" and "Ku," which together function as a logogram or syllabic indicator, often appearing in administrative, religious, or lexical texts from the third to first millennia BCE. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that scholars, linguists, and digital humanities projects can accurately encode and display this rare and historically significant sign in modern digital environments, preserving a small but meaningful piece of the world's earliest writing systems for study and online reference.

General Properties

Code Point U+12353
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ush Times Ku
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒍓
HTML Hex Encoding 𒍓
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x8D 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDF53
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012353
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udf53

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