U+124A1 "ð’’¡" Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Luh Plus Gish Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+124A1 "ð’’¡" Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Luh Plus Gish is a rare and complex composite sign from the ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform script system, representing a ligature or combination of the basic cuneiform elements ‘Dug,’ ‘Luh,’ and ‘Gish.’ This character belongs to the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block, specifically within the range of signs used for administrative, economic, and mathematical texts on clay tablets. Its name follows the standard typographic convention where ‘Times’ indicates the scribal practice of writing one sign inside or overlaid upon another, and ‘Plus’ signifies the sequential addition of a third sign. While its precise phonetic value remains obscure, such compound signs were often used to denote specific objects, quantities, or abstract concepts in the Sumerian or Akkadian languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+124A1
Version Added 8.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Luh Plus Gish
Block Early Dynastic Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒒡
HTML Hex Encoding 𒒡
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x92 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDCA1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000124A1
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udca1

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