U+12531 "ð’”±" Cuneiform Sign Sha6 Tenu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+12531 "ð’”±" Cuneiform Sign Sha6 Tenu is a specific grapheme from the ancient Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, encoded in the Unicode standard's Cuneiform block. This sign represents a variant of the Sumerian word "sha6," meaning "good" or "sweet," with the designation "tenu" indicating that it is a less common or weakened form of the base sign, often used in specific lexical contexts or as a phonetic complement. It serves as a linguistic artifact for scholars studying the written records of Mesopotamia, preserving the nuanced orthographic practices of scribes who employed such specialized signs to convey precise sounds or meanings in clay tablet inscriptions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12531 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Sha6 Tenu |
| Block | Early Dynastic Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒔱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒔱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x94 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD809 0xDD31 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012531 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud809\udd31 |