U+12369 "𒍩" Cuneiform Sign Ziz2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒍩
U+12369 "𒍩" Cuneiform Sign Ziz2 is a specific logogram or determinative used in the ancient cuneiform writing system of Sumer, Akkad, and other Mesopotamian cultures. This particular sign represents a variant or compound form of the ZIZ sign, often associated with grain, emmer wheat, or other staple crops, and appears in economic, administrative, and lexical texts from the third to first millennia BCE. Its phonetic readings can include /ziz/ or related syllables, and it functions as a semantic classifier in complex cuneiform compounds. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Cuneiform block, preserving this wedge shaped symbol for digital representation and scholarly study of ancient Near Eastern languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12369 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ziz2 |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒍩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒍩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8D 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDF69 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012369 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udf69 |