What 𒐫 means
Nine of the unit called šar₂. The sign joins a count to a unit; šar₂ is a large Mesopotamian measure in the scribal systems used to record measurements.
The numerical family appears in fourth-millennium BCE accounting. In the Ur III and Old Babylonian periods, scribes used šar₂ in school lists and measurements; the larger unit šar’u continues the scale. Local systems and tablet context shape the value.
Historical and technical; in casual chat, it needs context.
It is a count-plus-unit sign, not a bare 9.
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Who writes 𒐫
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𒐫 show as a box?
The font lacks a Cuneiform glyph; the box is a display failure, not part of the sign.
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How to type or find 𒐫
- Also called
- 9(šargal)
- Search it as
- shar2 · sar2 · shargal · nine shar2 · cuneiform numeral · metrology
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
𒐫CSS
\1242BUnicode hex input
In an editor that supports it, enter 1242B and trigger the Unicode conversion command.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𒐫
HTML hex
𒐫
CSS content
content: "\1242B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%92%90%AB
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.