U+124CF "𒓏" Cuneiform Sign Hi Times Ash over Hi Times Ash Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+124CF "𒓏" Cuneiform Sign Hi Times Ash over Hi Times Ash is a rare and visually complex sign from the Cuneiform script, specifically representing a ligature composed of the repeated elements "Hi" and "Ash" stacked vertically. This character belongs to the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the ancient writing system used primarily for the Sumerian, Akkadian, and Hittite languages. Its name describes its construction, where the sign "Hi" combined with the sign "Ash" appears twice, once above the other, reflecting the scribal practice of creating composite signs for numerical or administrative purposes in cuneiform texts. Due to its specialized nature, this character is primarily of interest to scholars of Assyriology and digital epigraphy, enabling precise transcription and encoding of ancient documents in modern electronic formats.

General Properties

Code Point U+124CF
Version Added 8.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Hi Times Ash over Hi Times Ash
Block Early Dynastic Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒓏
HTML Hex Encoding 𒓏
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x93 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDCCF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000124CF
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udccf

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