U+12491 "ð’’‘" Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Dun Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+12491 "ð’’‘" Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Dun is a complex logogram from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a combination of the individual signs DUG and DUN to form a composite or ligature used primarily in administrative and economic texts. Its meaning derives from the semantic ranges of its components, where DUG often relates to pottery or vessels and DUN carries associations with the act of pressing or weighing, together suggesting a specific type of container or a standardized measure for commodities like grain or oil. Found on clay tablets dating to the late third and second millennia BCE, this sign exemplifies how scribes created specialized compound symbols to convey precise administrative terminology without relying on phonetic spelling.

General Properties

Code Point U+12491
Version Added 8.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Dun
Block Early Dynastic Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒒑
HTML Hex Encoding 𒒑
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x92 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDC91
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012491
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udc91

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