U+12448 "𒑈" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Nine Variant Form Ilimmu4 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒑈
U+12448 "𒑈" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Nine Variant Form Ilimmu4 is a specialized numeric symbol from the cuneiform script, used primarily in ancient Mesopotamian texts to represent the number nine. This particular variant, designated as Ilimmu4, belongs to a family of cuneiform numeric signs that were employed in accounting, administrative records, and mathematical documents by scribes in Sumer, Akkad, and later Assyrian and Babylonian cultures. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps scholars and digital archivists accurately encode and preserve the diverse numeric notation systems of cuneiform, where multiple variant forms of the same number could appear depending on historical period, geographic region, or scribal tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12448 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Numeric Sign Nine Variant Form Ilimmu4 |
| Block | Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒑈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒑈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x91 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD809 0xDC48 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012448 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud809\udc48 |