U+12451 "ð’‘‘" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Three Ban2 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+12451 "ð’‘‘" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Three Ban2 is a specific numerical symbol from the ancient cuneiform writing system of Mesopotamia, representing the quantity three in the unit of measurement known as the "ban2" or "ban," a dry capacity measure commonly used for grains and other commodities. This character belongs to the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block of the Unicode standard, which encodes various numeric signs that were essential for administrative and economic records in Sumerian, Akkadian, and other languages written in cuneiform script. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate digital representation and preservation of these ancient numerical notations, enabling historians and linguists to study and replicate ancient accounting practices with modern text processing tools.

General Properties

Code Point U+12451
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Numeric Sign Three Ban2
Block Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation
General Category Letter Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒑑
HTML Hex Encoding 𒑑
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x91 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDC51
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012451
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udc51

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 3
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Cuneiform
Script Extensions Cuneiform
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter