U+1236A "𒍪" Cuneiform Sign Zu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒍪

U+1236A "𒍪" Cuneiform Sign Zu is a glyph representing a specific sign from the ancient Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, which was used for writing the Sumerian, Akkadian, and other languages of ancient Mesopotamia. This particular sign encodes the phonetic syllable "zu" and also held logographic meanings, often associated with the word for "to know" or "knowledge" in Sumerian, as well as serving as a determinative or part of divine names like the god Zu. It belongs to the Early Dynastic Cuneiform block of the Unicode Standard, specifically within the range dedicated to signs from the earliest periods of cuneiform writing, and it reflects the complex character of the script where a single symbol could convey multiple phonetic and semantic values depending on context.

General Properties

Code Point U+1236A
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Zu
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒍪
HTML Hex Encoding 𒍪
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x8D 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDF6A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001236A
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udf6a

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