U+12419 "𒐙" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Five Gesh2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+12419 "𒐙" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Five Gesh2 is a numeral from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, specifically representing the value of five multiplied by 60, which equals 300 in the sexagesimal (base-60) number system used in Mesopotamian mathematics and accounting. This character belongs to the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block of the Unicode standard, encoded to preserve the complex numerical notation systems of early civilizations. Its glyph typically shows the cuneiform wedge marks for the number five combined with the "Gesh2" sign, which denoted the base unit of 60 in Sumerian administrative records, often appearing on clay tablets to tally large quantities of goods, land areas, or labor units in temple and palace archives.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𒐙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𒐙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x92 0x90 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD809 0xDC19 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00012419 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud809\udc19 |
Unicode Properties