U+12327 "𒌧" Cuneiform Sign Un Gunu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

𒌧
Source: Noto Sans Cuneiform Source: Browser Default

U+12327 "𒌧" Cuneiform Sign Un Gunu is a specific glyph from the ancient Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, belonging to the Early Dynastic Cuneiform block. This sign represents the base cuneiform character "UN" which has been modified with the "gunu" diacritic, a graphical marking that typically indicates a related or variant phonetic or semantic value in the writing system. In practice, the sign was used in Sumerian and Akkadian texts to write parts of words, often carrying meanings associated with people, community, or divinity depending on the context. Though rarely used in modern times, it is encoded in Unicode to support scholarly study and digital preservation of ancient Mesopotamian languages, allowing researchers to accurately represent these historic inscriptions in digital text.

General Properties

Code Point
U+12327
Name
Cuneiform Sign Un Gunu
Alias
CUNEIFORM SIGN KALAM (correction)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
𒌧
HTML Hex Encoding
𒌧
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x92 0x8C 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD808 0xDF27
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00012327
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud808\udf27