U+12355 "𒍕" Cuneiform Sign Ush Times Tak4 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒍕
U+12355 "𒍕" Cuneiform Sign Ush Times Tak4 is a compound sign from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, formed by combining the signs USH (meaning “base” or “foundation”) and TAK4 (often associated with the concept of “to cut” or “to separate”) into a single ligature. This glyph is encoded in the Cuneiform Unicode block and was used primarily for writing the Sumerian language on clay tablets in ancient Mesopotamia. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows modern scholars and digital linguists to accurately represent and analyze this specific scribal composite, preserving the precise orthographic conventions of cuneiform texts for research and cultural heritage purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12355 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ush Times Tak4 |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒍕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒍕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8D 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDF55 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012355 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udf55 |