U+124F4 "ð’“´" Cuneiform Sign Lak-449 Times Pap Plus Lu3 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+124F4 "ð’“´" Cuneiform Sign Lak-449 Times Pap Plus Lu3 is a specific sign within the Unicode Standard's Cuneiform block, used to encode ancient Mesopotamian writing. This sign is identified by its scholarly designation "Lak-449," indicating it is listed in the classic sign list by Labat and others, and its name describes it as a composite of the signs PAP (a common cuneiform element), LU (another root sign), and an implied "times" or multiplication module, suggesting it represents a complex syllabic or logographic value formed by these components. While its exact phonetic reading or meaning in Sumerian or Akkadian texts may require contextual interpretation, its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital representations of cuneiform scripts can faithfully reproduce such rare or compounded characters for academic study, digital humanities projects, and preservation of ancient languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+124F4
Version Added 8.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Lak-449 Times Pap Plus Lu3
Block Early Dynastic Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒓴
HTML Hex Encoding 𒓴
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x93 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDCF4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000124F4
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udcf4

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