U+12436 "𒐶" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Three Buru Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒐶
U+12436 "𒐶" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Three Buru is a specific symbol from the cuneiform script used in ancient Mesopotamia, representing the numeral for three units of the "buru," a large agricultural unit of area measurement often associated with land or grain quantities. This character is part of the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block and is encoded for use in digital text to accurately represent the numeric and administrative records of Sumerian, Akkadian, and other ancient Near Eastern languages. Its inclusion in Unicode allows historians, linguists, and digital humanists to faithfully transcribe and analyze the complex numerical systems that were integral to early accounting, trade, and bureaucratic management in the ancient world.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12436 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Numeric Sign Three Buru |
| Block | Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒐶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒐶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x90 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD809 0xDC36 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012436 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud809\udc36 |