U+1240F "𒐏" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Four U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1240F "𒐏" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Four U is a specific glyph from the cuneiform script, representing the numeral 40 in the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian numerical systems. This character belongs to the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block and is one of several specialized numeric signs used in administrative and economic cuneiform texts to denote quantities, particularly in contexts where a distinct symbol for forty was required as part of a sexagesimal counting system. Its inclusion in Unicode helps scholars and digital archives accurately encode and share ancient Mesopotamian records without losing the semantic precision of the original written numbers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1240F |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Numeric Sign Four U |
| Block | Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒐏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒐏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x90 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD809 0xDC0F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001240F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud809\udc0f |