U+12416 "𒐖" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Two Gesh2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒐖
U+12416 "𒐖" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Two Gesh2 is a numeral from the ancient cuneiform script of Mesopotamia, specifically representing the value of two times the gesh2 unit, which in Sumerian sexagesimal (base 60) mathematics equaled 2 times 60, or 120. This character belongs to a specialized block of numeric signs used in administrative and economic texts from civilizations such as the Sumerians and Babylonians. It is encoded in Unicode to support scholarly digital transcription and preservation of cuneiform documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12416 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Numeric Sign Two Gesh2 |
| Block | Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒐖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒐖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x90 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD809 0xDC16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012416 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud809\udc16 |