U+12496 "𒒖" Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Gish Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒒖
U+12496 "𒒖" Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Gish is a specific compound sign from the ancient cuneiform script, used primarily for writing Sumerian and Akkadian on clay tablets. It represents the phonetic value or logographic meaning produced by combining a "Dug" sign with a "Gish" (or "ĝiš") sign, typically indicating a word related to a container, vessel, or wooden object, depending on context. This sign belongs to the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block, though it is actually classified under the Early Dynastic Cuneiform block in Unicode, and it serves as an example of how scribes combined symbols to form complex ideographs or syllabic readings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12496 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Gish |
| Block | Early Dynastic Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒒖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒒖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x92 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD809 0xDC96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012496 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud809\udc96 |