U+12472 "ð’‘²" Cuneiform Punctuation Sign Diagonal Colon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+12472 "ð’‘²" Cuneiform Punctuation Sign Diagonal Colon is a special symbol from the Sumero Akkadian Cuneiform script block used in ancient Mesopotamian writing. It functions as a punctuation mark, specifically a diagonal colon, which was employed to separate clauses or indicate a pause within cuneiform texts on clay tablets. This character, encoded in Unicode version 7.0, helps modern scholars digitize and accurately represent the nuanced orthography of Sumerian and Akkadian inscriptions.
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Cuneiform Punctuation Sign Vertical Colon
ð’‘³
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Cuneiform Punctuation Sign Diagonal Tricolon
General Properties
Code Point
U+12472
Name
Cuneiform Punctuation Sign Diagonal Colon
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𒑲
HTML Hex Encoding
𒑲
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x92 0x91 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD809 0xDC72
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00012472
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud809\udc72
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Cuneiform