What 𒁄 means
Context decides the reading. Sumerian uses 𒁄 for bala (“turn”) and bal (“dig”); Latin BAL does not identify one exact sign.
BAL is attested by Early Dynastic IIIb, a period in Sumerian history. Cuneiform, a wedge-shaped script, first recorded goods and services, then wrote Akkadian and other languages. Akkadian was another ancient Mesopotamian language. Signs could stand for words or sounds.
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Who writes 𒁄
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𒁄 look different across fonts?
Yes. Fonts may arrange its wedges differently, sometimes in styles based on different cuneiform periods. The encoded sign stays the same.
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How to type or find 𒁄
- Also called
- BAL
- Search it as
- bala · dig · turn
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𒁄CSS
\12044How to type 𒁄
Where Unicode hex input is supported, enter
12044; a cuneiform converter may need the whole Sumerian word because BAL alone is ambiguous.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𒁄
HTML hex
𒁄
CSS content
content: "\12044";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%92%81%84
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On screen
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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.