U+12427 "𒐧" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Five Shar2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒐧
U+12427 "𒐧" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Five Shar2 is a numeric sign from the cuneiform script used primarily in ancient Mesopotamia to represent the number five within a specific numerical system, where "Shar2" denotes a particular unit of measurement or counting context. This character belongs to the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block, encoded to support the digital representation of Sumerian and Akkadian texts that employ complex sexagesimal or administrative numbering conventions. Its inclusion in Unicode allows scholars and archivists to accurately reproduce and study ancient clay tablets and inscriptions without relying on approximation or modern numeric substitutions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12427 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Numeric Sign Five Shar2 |
| Block | Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒐧 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒐧 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x90 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD809 0xDC27 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012427 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud809\udc27 |