U+12462 "ð’‘¢" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Old Assyrian One Quarter Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+12462 "ð’‘¢" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Old Assyrian One Quarter is a specialized symbol from the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block, representing a fractional quantity used in the Old Assyrian period of ancient Mesopotamia. It was employed in administrative and economic texts on clay tablets to denote a quarter unit, often in the context of trade, accounting, or measurement systems within the Assyrian Empire. This character is part of a broader set of numeric signs that reflect the sophisticated mathematical and record-keeping practices of the time, offering modern scholars insight into ancient commerce and numerical notation. Its inclusion in Unicode preserves a key element of cuneiform script for digital use, bridging historical documentation with contemporary computing.

General Properties

Code Point U+12462
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Numeric Sign Old Assyrian One Quarter
Block Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation
General Category Letter Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒑢
HTML Hex Encoding 𒑢
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x91 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD809 0xDC62
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00012462
C/C++/Java Escape \ud809\udc62

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 1/4
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