U+124DC "𒓜" Cuneiform Sign Lak-079 over Lak-079 Gunu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒓜
U+124DC "𒓜" Cuneiform Sign Lak-079 over Lak-079 Gunu is a compound sign from the cuneiform script, specifically part of the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block. It represents a graphic ligature where the sign Lak-079 is inscribed directly above another instance of Lak-079, with the term "Gunu" indicating that the lower sign is rendered in a dotted or stippled variant style. This character was used in Sumerian and Akkadian administrative and mathematical texts, likely to denote a specialized numerical or phonetic value that arises from the combination and modification of the base sign. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate digital representation of such ancient scribal practices and complex sign formations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+124DC |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Lak-079 over Lak-079 Gunu |
| Block | Early Dynastic Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒓜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒓜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x93 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD809 0xDCDC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000124DC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud809\udcdc |