U+12371 "𒍱" Cuneiform Sign Ab2 Times A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒍱
U+12371 "𒍱" Cuneiform Sign Ab2 Times A is a specific glyph from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a complex sign formed by combining the signs for "Ab2" (a cow or cattle) and "A" (water or seed) through a multiplicative ligature. This character belongs to the Early Dynastic Cuneiform block and encodes a logographic or syllabic value used in ancient Mesopotamian writing, typically found in administrative, religious, or lexical texts dating to the third millennium BCE. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and scholarly study of such rare and historically significant signs, which often appear in transliterations of Sumerian tablets.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12371 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ab2 Times A |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒍱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒍱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8D 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDF71 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012371 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udf71 |