What 𒑂 means
It is a cuneiform numeral for seven in the IMIN form.
Cuneiform writing appears at Uruk around 3500–3200 BCE; early administrative texts recorded goods and quantities. This sign belongs to that evolving numerical tradition.
In Sumerian, IMIN means seven; literature could use seven to suggest totality or “all.”
Unicode 17.0.0 describes cuneiform fonts designed for different periods, so this sign may look different across fonts or be missing.
Best for cuneiform reference or historical design; obscure as an everyday numeral.
It is not a drop-in substitute for the modern digit 7.
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Who writes 𒑂
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𒑂 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𒑂
- Also called
- imin · imina
- Search it as
- cuneiform numeral · seven sign
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𒑂\12442Codes and encoding1 code points
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