U+1249C "𒒜" Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Kushu2 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𒒜

U+1249C "ð’’œ" Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Kushu2 is a complex composite glyph from the Cuneiform script, specifically representing a combination of the signs "Dug" and "Kushu2." This character belongs to the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block, which encodes logograms, syllabic signs, and numerical notations from ancient Mesopotamian writing systems. The sign "KUŠU2" in particular is associated with the Sumerian term for the "turtle" or a related concept, while the multiplication of signs in cuneiform often serves a phonetic or semantic ligature function, creating a new meaning or sound when read together. This specific character is rarely used in isolation and appears primarily in specialized academic transcriptions of Sumerian or Akkadian texts, contributing to the digital preservation and study of ancient cuneiform records.

General Properties

Code Point U+1249C
Version Added 8.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Kushu2
Block Early Dynastic Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒒜
HTML Hex Encoding 𒒜
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x92 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDC9C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001249C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udc9c

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