What 𒐧 means
Five šar₂ units, not the ordinary digit five.
In Mesopotamian base-60 counting (grouping by sixties), the Sumerian unit transliterated šar₂ is worth 3,600, so five šar₂ equal 18,000. 𒐧 packages the five units into a single numeral.
An Uruk IV tablet (ca. 3350–3200 BCE) uses šar₂ in an implied field-area calculation that totals ten units. It belongs to an ancient land-measurement system, not a modern standalone area unit.
How is 𒊹 different from 𒐧?
𒊹 is the single-unit sign; 𒐧 marks five units.
From early Sumerian city-state records through Hellenistic-era texts, 𒊹 also served as a word sign for “totality/world” and “to be numerous.” Those readings belong to 𒊹 in words, not to 𒐧, the five-unit numeral.
How do I type 𒐧?
Linux: Ctrl+Shift+U; Windows: Alt, then +12427 in hex mode.
Specialist and historical; in everyday prose it reads as an unfamiliar ancient numeral.
Label the amount in modern prose; the sign alone assumes knowledge of this cuneiform unit system.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does 𒐧 appear as a box?
A missing font. This text character needs a font with cuneiform coverage; without one, the app cannot draw the sign.
How to type 𒐧
𒐧\12427Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.