U+12360 "𒍠" Cuneiform Sign Zag Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒍠

U+12360 "𒍠" Cuneiform Sign Zag is a glyph from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian writing system known as cuneiform, where it represents the syllabic or logographic value for "zag" or "zág," which translates to "boundary," "side," or "edge" in Sumerian. This sign is part of the Cuneiform block in the Unicode standard, encoded to facilitate digital preservation and study of Mesopotamian texts. It was used extensively in administrative, legal, and literary documents inscribed on clay tablets, often marking territorial limits or conceptual boundaries in economic and mythological contexts. The inclusion of this character in Unicode allows modern scholars and enthusiasts to accurately represent and search ancient inscriptions in electronic formats, bridging millennia of written history with contemporary digital technology.

General Properties

Code Point U+12360
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Zag
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒍠
HTML Hex Encoding 𒍠
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x8D 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDF60
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012360
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udf60

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