What 𒂴 means
Context determines its reading; it has no single English gloss. Sign lists identify it as EZENUD and record values such as asil₆, asila₆, asilal₆ and sil₁₀. These are scholarly transliterations: written forms used to represent cuneiform readings, not English translations.
To choose among them, identify the text’s language and read the neighboring signs. A cuneiform sign can have different readings in different contexts.
Why does its name say EZENUD?
The marks a structural compound, not multiplication. Cuneiform sign-list names can describe how signs are combined. Here, the name identifies a compound sign; it is not two signs placed in a row, and its reading cannot be worked out by translating each part separately.
Different cuneiform fonts can draw a sign in different historical styles. Their outlines may vary while the encoded character remains the same.
Scholarly and technical; it belongs in cuneiform sign lists, transliterations and digital cuneiform texts.
Do not treat EZENUD as a two-sign sequence or translate its parts word for word.
Who writes 𒂴
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𒂴 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.
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How to type or find 𒂴
- Also called
- EZEN×UD · EZEN x UD
- Search it as
- EZEN UD · asil₆ · asila₆ · asilal₆ · sil₁₀ · EZEN sign · cuneiform sign list · cuneiform input
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𒂴\120B4Codes and encoding1 code points
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