U+124BF "ð’’¿" Cuneiform Sign Ga2 Times Kushu2 Plus Kaskal Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+124BF "ð’’¿" Cuneiform Sign Ga2 Times Kushu2 Plus Kaskal is a complex cuneiform compound sign used primarily in the Sumerian and Akkadian writing systems of ancient Mesopotamia. It represents a ligature formed by combining the base sign GA2 with the signs KUSHU2 and KASKAL, likely conveying a specific phonetic or logographic value related to administrative, architectural, or ritual contexts. This character is part of the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block, encoding the intricate syllabic and word signs that scribes used to record economic transactions, legal documents, and literature on clay tablets. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for the digital preservation and scholarly analysis of these ancient scripts, facilitating research into the languages and cultures of the Near East without requiring specialized font support.

General Properties

Code Point U+124BF
Version Added 8.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ga2 Times Kushu2 Plus Kaskal
Block Early Dynastic Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒒿
HTML Hex Encoding 𒒿
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x92 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDCBF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000124BF
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udcbf

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