U+1242B "𒐫" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Nine Shar2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒐫
U+1242B "𒐫" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Nine Shar2 is a glyph from the ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform script, specifically used in the Sumerian and Akkadian numeral systems to represent the number nine, with "Shar2" indicating it belongs to a series of numeric signs that denote powers of sixty in the sexagesimal (base 60) counting system. This character is part of the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block of the Unicode Standard, encoded to preserve and digitally represent the complex numeric notations of early writing. Its appearance typically consists of wedge shaped marks arranged in a specific pattern, allowing scholars and digital linguists to accurately transcribe ancient economic, administrative, and mathematical texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1242B |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Numeric Sign Nine Shar2 |
| Block | Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒐫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒐫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x90 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD809 0xDC2B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001242B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud809\udc2b |