U+12398 "𒎘" Cuneiform Sign Um Times Me Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒎘
U+12398 "𒎘" Cuneiform Sign Um Times Me is a complex logogram from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a combination of the signs "UM" and "ME" to form a specific syllabic or ideographic value used in writing the ancient languages of Mesopotamia. This character belongs to the Early Dynastic Cuneiform block in the Unicode Standard, which encodes signs from the earliest stages of cuneiform writing. Its precise phonetic or semantic meaning would depend on the historical text and context in which it appears, but it illustrates the scribal practice of combining signs to create new meanings or clarify pronunciation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12398 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Um Times Me |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒎘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒎘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8E 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDF98 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012398 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udf98 |