U+12404 "𒐄" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Six Ash Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+12404 "𒐄" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Six Ash is a digital representation of a specific numeral from the ancient Sumerian cuneiform script, used in Mesopotamia for recording quantities and administrative data. This sign denotes the number six, specifically in the "Ash" system, which was a sexagesimal (base-60) counting method employed for accounting grain, livestock, and other goods on clay tablets. Encoded in the Unicode Standard's Cuneiform block, it allows scholars, historians, and typographers to accurately reproduce and study these ancient numerical notations in modern digital text. Its inclusion preserves a small but crucial piece of one of humanity's earliest writing systems, reflecting how numeric symbols were essential for the complex economic and bureaucratic life of early civilizations.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𒐄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𒐄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x92 0x90 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD809 0xDC04 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00012404 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud809\udc04 |
Unicode Properties