U+1253C "ð’”¼" Cuneiform Sign Ur2 Inverted Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1253C "ð’”¼" Cuneiform Sign Ur2 Inverted is part of the Cuneiform script block and represents a variant of the standard Ur2 sign, distinguished by its inverted orientation. This glyph was used in ancient Mesopotamian writing, primarily on clay tablets, to encode syllables or logographic concepts within the Sumerian or Akkadian languages. Its inverted form likely served a specific scribal or phonetic purpose, such as indicating a different reading, a positional nuance within a compound sign, or a stylistic variation in monumental or administrative texts. As a digital representation, this character helps preserve the precise graphical distinctions that were meaningful in cuneiform writing, allowing modern scholars and enthusiasts to accurately reproduce and study ancient inscriptions across electronic platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+1253C
Version Added 8.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ur2 Inverted
Block Early Dynastic Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒔼
HTML Hex Encoding 𒔼
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x94 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDD3C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001253C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udd3c

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