U+124B1 "ð’’±" Cuneiform Sign Ezen Sheshig Times Lal Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+124B1 "ð’’±" Cuneiform Sign Ezen Sheshig Times Lal is a specific glyph used in the ancient Mesopotamian writing system of cuneiform, representing a composite sign that combines elements of the sign for "festival" or "feast" (Ezen) with phonetic or stylistic modifiers indicated by "Sheshig" and "Times Lal," the latter suggesting a repeated or doubled marking. Found in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, this character was encoded to support scholarly transcription of Sumerian and Akkadian texts, where such complex signs denote nuanced lexical or grammatical functions within royal inscriptions, administrative records, or literary works. Its detailed name describes a visual construction that reflects the scribal practice of overlaying or juxtaposing basic cuneiform forms to create specific meanings, underscoring the intricacy of the writing system and the careful preservation of ancient linguistic data through modern digital standards.

General Properties

Code Point U+124B1
Version Added 8.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ezen Sheshig Times Lal
Block Early Dynastic Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒒱
HTML Hex Encoding 𒒱
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x92 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDCB1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000124B1
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udcb1

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