U+12455 "ð’‘•" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Five Ban2 Variant Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+12455 "ð’‘•" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Five Ban2 Variant Form is a specific glyph used in the cuneiform script of ancient Mesopotamia to represent a variant of the number five within the Ban2 numerical system, which measured capacity units, likely for recording volumes of grain or other commodities. This character belongs to the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block and serves as an alternate rendering of the standard five Ban2 sign, reflecting the scribal traditions of particular times or regions where distinct graphic shapes were employed for clarity or stylistic consistency in administrative and economic texts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars can accurately transcribe and digitally preserve these nuanced variations found on clay tablets.

General Properties

Code Point U+12455
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Numeric Sign Five Ban2 Variant Form
Block Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation
General Category Letter Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒑕
HTML Hex Encoding 𒑕
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x91 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDC55
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012455
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udc55

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 5
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