U+1252E "ð’”®" Cuneiform Sign Sag Times En Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1252E "ð’”®" Cuneiform Sign Sag Times En is a specific glyph from the cuneiform script, which was used for writing several ancient languages of the Near East, most notably Sumerian and Akkadian. This sign is a composite logogram or syllabogram formed by combining the signs SAG (typically representing the head or top, and meaning "head" or "first") and EN (meaning "lord" or representing the syllable "en") through a process of multiplicative compounding. It would have been inscribed into wet clay using a wedge shaped stylus, and its precise phonetic or semantic value in a given text depends on the cuneiform tradition and the word it helps to form. As part of the Unicode Standard, it allows for the digital representation of these ancient writings, facilitating research and preservation of Mesopotamian languages and literature in modern digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+1252E
Version Added 8.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Sag Times En
Block Early Dynastic Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒔮
HTML Hex Encoding 𒔮
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x94 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDD2E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001252E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udd2e

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