U+12542 "ð’•‚" Cuneiform Sign Zu over Zu Plus Sar Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+12542 "ð’•‚" Cuneiform Sign Zu over Zu Plus Sar is a rare and complex glyph from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script used in ancient Mesopotamia. It represents a ligature or compound sign formed by placing the cuneiform sign for "Zu" above another "Zu" sign combined with the sign "Sar," which together may convey a specific phonetic value or semantic nuance related to divine names, astrological terms, or administrative vocabulary, though its exact usage remains largely obscure due to the limited number of surviving texts that employ such specialized composite characters. This sign belongs to the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block in Unicode, which includes many archaic symbols intended to support scholarly transcription and digital preservation of ancient writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+12542
Version Added 8.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Zu over Zu Plus Sar
Block Early Dynastic Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒕂
HTML Hex Encoding 𒕂
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x95 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDD42
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012542
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udd42

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