U+12494 "ð’’”" Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Gi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+12494 "ð’’”" Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Gi is a complex cuneiform compound glyph from the Sumero-Akkadian script used in ancient Mesopotamia, representing a ligature formed by combining the sign DUG with the sign GI. It belongs to the Early Dynastic Cuneiform block and is encoded for digital text processing and scholarly study of Sumerian and Akkadian writing systems. This particular sign, like many early cuneiform characters, functioned as a logogram or syllabic element in administrative and literary texts, reflecting the intricate system of combining basic wedges to denote specific words or syllables. Its inclusion in Unicode allows researchers and linguists to accurately represent and preserve these ancient inscriptions in modern digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+12494
Version Added 8.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Gi
Block Early Dynastic Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒒔
HTML Hex Encoding 𒒔
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x92 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDC94
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012494
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udc94

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