U+12431 "𒐱" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Five Sharu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒐱
U+12431 "𒐱" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Five Sharu is a specific glyph from the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block, representing the numeric value of five sharu, a large ancient Mesopotamian counting unit equal to 3,600, so this sign denotes 18,000 in total. This character was used in the cuneiform script, one of the earliest writing systems, to denote quantities in administrative and economic records, particularly in the context of the sexagesimal (base 60) number system employed by the Sumerians and Akkadians. It forms part of the standardized digital repertoire for encoding cuneiform signs, allowing for the accurate representation of ancient numerical notations in modern text and digital media.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12431 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Numeric Sign Five Sharu |
| Block | Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒐱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒐱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x90 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD809 0xDC31 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012431 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud809\udc31 |