U+1253B "ð’”»" Cuneiform Sign Tum Times Three Dish Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1253B "ð’”»" Cuneiform Sign Tum Times Three Dish is a specific sign from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a compound or ligature formed by combining the sign "TUM" repeated three times with the sign "DISH." This character belongs to the Cuneiform block of the Unicode standard, which encodes ancient wedge-shaped writing used in Mesopotamia for languages such as Sumerian and Akkadian. Its name indicates a complex logographic or phonetic value, likely used in administrative, economic, or literary texts to represent a specific word, numeral, or concept, though the exact meaning often relies on contextual interpretation by scholars. As a rare and visually intricate glyph, it underscores the rich complexity of cuneiform writing systems and the effort to preserve them in modern digital encoding.

General Properties

Code Point U+1253B
Version Added 8.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Tum Times Three Dish
Block Early Dynastic Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒔻
HTML Hex Encoding 𒔻
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x94 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDD3B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001253B
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udd3b

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