U+12354 "𒍔" Cuneiform Sign Ush Times Kur Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒍔
U+12354 "𒍔" Cuneiform Sign Ush Times Kur is a complex logogram from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, specifically representing a ligature formed by combining the signs USH and KUR. This compound character was used primarily in ancient Mesopotamian texts to denote the word "kur," which means "mountain" or "foreign land," while the inclusion of USH may modify its semantic or phonetic value in specific syntactic contexts. As part of the Cuneiform Unicode block, it allows modern digital preservation and study of ancient inscriptions, enabling scholars to accurately represent the nuanced syllabic and ideographic usage found in clay tablets from the third to first millennia BCE.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12354 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ush Times Kur |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒍔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒍔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8D 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDF54 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012354 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udf54 |