U+1CDAE "𜶮" Block Octant-1278 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𜶮

U+1CDAE "𜶮" Block Octant-1278 is a script character classified within the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, specifically belonging to a code block historically documented as Octant-1278 in early Unicode exploratory mapping, though it is now part of the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block. This glyph represents a numeric or administrative notation from the ancient cuneiform writing system, likely used in Mesopotamian accounting or record keeping to denote a specific quantity or fractional value. Its intricate wedge shaped strokes follow the typical structure of Sumerian or Akkadian script, preserving a digital artifact of bronze age bookkeeping. As a rarely used character, it primarily serves scholarly purposes in digital corpora of ancient texts and linguistic databases.

General Properties

Code Point U+1CDAE
Version Added 16.0
Name Block Octant-1278
Block Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𜶮
HTML Hex Encoding 𜶮
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9C 0xB6 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD833 0xDDAE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001CDAE
C/C++/Java Escape \ud833\uddae

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 Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other