U+12390 "𒎐" Cuneiform Sign Nin9 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒎐
U+12390 "𒎐" Cuneiform Sign Nin9 is a specific glyph from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian writing system, representing the cuneiform sign for the numeral nine or the word "nine" (nin9). This sign was used in Mesopotamian script, primarily on clay tablets, to denote the number 9 in administrative, economic, and mathematical contexts, often appearing in lists of goods, accounting records, or royal inscriptions. Its inclusion in Unicode allows modern digital text systems to accurately represent this historical symbol, preserving a small but functional part of the complex cuneiform syllabary for research, education, and linguistic analysis.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12390 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Nin9 |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒎐 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒎐 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8E 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDF90 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012390 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udf90 |