U+12502 "ð’”‚" Cuneiform Sign Lak-617 Times Ash Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+12502 "ð’”‚" Cuneiform Sign Lak-617 Times Ash is a specific glyph from the cuneiform script, listed under the designation Lak-617 and representing a compound sign created by the repetition or multiplication of the "Ash" sign. This character is encoded in the Cuneiform block of the Unicode standard, which aims to support the digital representation of the ancient writing system used in Mesopotamia. Its name indicates it is a rare or specialized ligature, likely employed in scholarly texts or syllabaries to denote a particular phonetic or logographic value, though its exact use may require additional context from Sumerian or Akkadian epigraphy due to the complexity and variability of cuneiform signs across different periods and regions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12502 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Lak-617 Times Ash |
| Block | Early Dynastic Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒔂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒔂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x94 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD809 0xDD02 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012502 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud809\udd02 |