U+12472 "ð’‘²" Cuneiform Punctuation Sign Diagonal Colon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð’‘²
U+12472 "ð’‘²" Cuneiform Punctuation Sign Diagonal Colon is a special symbol from the Sumero Akkadian Cuneiform script block used in ancient Mesopotamian writing. It functions as a punctuation mark, specifically a diagonal colon, which was employed to separate clauses or indicate a pause within cuneiform texts on clay tablets. This character, encoded in Unicode version 7.0, helps modern scholars digitize and accurately represent the nuanced orthography of Sumerian and Akkadian inscriptions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12472 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Punctuation Sign Diagonal Colon |
| Block | Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒑲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒑲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x91 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD809 0xDC72 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012472 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud809\udc72 |
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 | Break After |
| Script | Cuneiform |
| Script Extensions | Cuneiform |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |