What 𒈒 means
A crossed LU2 sign associated with contest and conflict. Sign lists assign it the value URBINGU3; other catalogues also record ADAMEN, ADAMIN, and GIGAM. These are lexical readings—the values used to read the sign—not English translations.
A 2019 study interprets some LU2 arrangements as playful pictures of opponents clashing. It places these forms in later canonical word lists—standardized lists used for scribal study—rather than in the Old and Middle Babylonian lists it compares.
Don't confuse it with
3𒇽
Cuneiform Sign Lu2
The single LU2 sign: one component, without the crossed arrangement.
𒇽𒇽
𒈓LU2 over LU2 is a separate sign form, with the two components arranged one above the other.
Cuneiform Sign Lu2 Opposing Lu2
The LU2-opposing-LU2 form is a separate sign.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𒈒 look different in different fonts?
Unicode Standard 17.0 gives a sample glyph, not a required drawing, so fonts can shape its wedges differently.
How to type 𒈒
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 12212, then Alt+X to get 𒈒.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cuneiform sign lu2 crossing lu2”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 12212, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𒈒CSS
\12212Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𒈒
HTML hex
𒈒
CSS content
content: "\12212";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%92%88%92
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.