U+12421 "𒐡" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Four Geshu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒐡
U+12421 "𒐡" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Four Geshu is a specific numeric symbol from the ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform script, representing the number four in the “geshu” or “geš2” unit system, which often denoted a count of 60 or a related sexagesimal measure in Sumerian and Akkadian administrative texts. This character belongs to the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block and is part of a broader set of numerical signs used for recording quantities of goods, livestock, or other commodities on clay tablets. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent the complex numerical notation of one of humanity’s earliest writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12421 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Numeric Sign Four Geshu |
| Block | Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒐡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒐡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x90 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD809 0xDC21 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012421 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud809\udc21 |