U+1249E "ð’’ž" Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Lak-020 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð’’ž

U+1249E "ð’’ž" Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Lak-020 is a complex glyph from the Sumero Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a composite sign formed by combining the base sign DUG with the phonetic complement LAK 020, where DUG typically denotes a vessel or container in Mesopotamian texts. This specific character belongs to the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block in Unicode, and its encoding facilitates the digital representation and scholarly analysis of ancient inscriptions that used such ligatures for specialized lexical, economic, or administrative purposes. While the exact reading and function of Lak 020 in this context may vary depending on period and corpus, the sign underscores the intricate system of sign multiplication and phonetic determinatives that scribes employed to convey precise meanings in cuneiform writing.

General Properties

Code Point U+1249E
Version Added 8.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Lak-020
Block Early Dynastic Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒒞
HTML Hex Encoding 𒒞
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x92 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDC9E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001249E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udc9e

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