U+12351 "𒍑" Cuneiform Sign Ush Unicode Character

U+12351 "𒍑" Cuneiform Sign Ush is a wedge-shaped glyph from the ancient Mesopotamian writing system, specifically representing the Sumerian word for "male" or "man" and also serving as a determinative for male personal names and divine beings. This sign, transliterated as Ush or Uš, appears in the Cuneiform script's Early Dynastic period through the Neo-Assyrian era, often used in royal inscriptions and administrative texts to denote gender or mark a deity such as the god Nergal. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for modern digital representation of this historically significant script, preserving the visual form of a symbol that was fundamental to recording the social and religious hierarchy of ancient Sumer and Akkad.