U+12366 "𒍦" Cuneiform Sign Zib Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒍦
U+12366 "𒍦" Cuneiform Sign Zib is a wedge shaped symbol from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian writing system used in Mesopotamia around 3200 BCE. This specific sign represents the syllable or logogram "zib" and was often employed in administrative, legal, and economic texts inscribed on clay tablets. Its form consists of a combination of horizontal and vertical wedge marks typical of cuneiform script, and it belongs to the Cuneiform block of the Unicode Standard, which was added to preserve and digitally encode these historic characters for modern use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12366 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Zib |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒍦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒍦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8D 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDF66 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012366 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udf66 |