U+12292 Cuneiform Sign Ru
U+12292 was added in Unicode version 5.0 in 2006. It belongs to the block
This character is a Other Letter and is mainly used in the Cuneiform script.
The glyph is not a composition. It has no designated width in East Asian texts. In bidirectional text it is written from left to right. When changing direction it is not mirrored. The word that U+12292 forms with similar adjacent characters prevents a line break inside it.
The Wikipedia has the following information about this codepoint:
The cuneiform ru sign is found in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh. As ru it is used for syllabic ru, and alphabetic 'r', or 'u'. In the I-XII Tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh, it has specific uses showing alternate renderings besides ru; as sign no. 068, ru, 250 times, Ε‘ub, 6, Ε‘up, 3, and as Sumerogram Ε UB, 1 time. In the Amarna letters, the sign is mostly used for ru, r, and u in the spelling of various words. Notably, for "bird", Akkadian language "iαΉ£αΉ£Ε«ru", in Amarna letter EA 28, (Tushratta to Pharaoh), titled "Messengers Detained and a Protest"; the messengers are referenced as "uncaged" birds, and "aren't they free to come and go as birds do?".
The scribal rendering of the ru sign is dramatically different in some of the Amarna letters. In Amarna letter EA 15, Assur-uballit I of Assyria to Pharaoh, and Amarna letter 28, (using bird, "iαΉ£αΉ£Ε«ru") it appears as the standard, electronic rendition.
The alternate rendition of the sign as shown in Amarna letter EA 364 is also found twice in the mid-length (to long) 69-line Amarna letter EA 362, Rib-Hadda to Pharaoh, used as "to send" (a letter/message), line 52, "aΕ‘-pu-ru", Akkadian "Ε‘apΔru".
Another example letter of usage, is for one line, Line 27 on the obverse of Amarna letter EA 147, Biridiya to Pharaoh, titled "A Hymn to the Pharaoh", a letter in pristine condition (minus a missing corner of the clay tablet).
Of note, in the Akkadian language, using vowels a, e, i, and u, there is no "o", (or y as vowel). Any vowels used in a sign, can be interchangeably substituted for a different vowel. Also u (cuneiform) has special uses, and is only rarely used for the 'vowel u'. The ΓΊ (cuneiform)-(first prime) is the typical alphabetic 'u'.
Representations
System | Representation |
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NΒΊ | 74386 |
UTF-8 | F0 92 8A 92 |
UTF-16 | D8 08 DE 92 |
UTF-32 | 00 01 22 92 |
URL-Quoted | %F0%92%8A%92 |
HTML hex reference | 𒊒 |
Wrong windows-1252 Mojibake | Γ°βΕ β |
Elsewhere
Complete Record
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CUNEIFORM SIGN RU | |
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NA | |
Other | |
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Yes | |
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Other Letter | |
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Alphabetic Letter | |
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R |