What 𒂳 means
Use Unicode input in an editor with a cuneiform font.
Enter U+120B3 with your operating system or editor’s Unicode input method; ordinary keyboard layouts have no dedicated key for it. The selected font also needs cuneiform coverage.
What does 𒂳 mean?
Its catalogued readings are usil and usilalₓ. A scholarly sign list is a catalog of cuneiform signs and their readings. It lists 𒂳 as EZEN×U₂. Here, × marks a compound sign; “Ezen times U2” is not a phrase to read aloud. The surrounding text determines which reading fits.
Cuneiform began in Mesopotamia as administrative record-keeping around 3200 BCE, then spread across the ancient Near East.
Specialist and historical; a catalogued value is only one clue to a sign’s reading in a text.
A square usually means the current font lacks a glyph for 𒂳.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 𒂳 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 𒂳
𒂳\120B3Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.