U+12361 "𒍡" Cuneiform Sign Zamx Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒍡
U+12361 "𒍡" Cuneiform Sign Zamx is a logographic symbol from the Sumero Akkadian cuneiform script, specifically representing the word "zam" or "zamx" which often conveys concepts related to music, song, or praise in ancient Mesopotamian texts. This character is part of the Cuneiform block in Unicode, encoded to facilitate digital preservation and study of early writing systems. Its wedge shaped markings follow the standard structure of cuneiform signs, inscribed on clay tablets by scribes in Mesopotamia around the third millennium BCE.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12361 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Zamx |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒍡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒍡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8D 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDF61 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012361 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udf61 |