What 𒃲 means
It means “big” or “great” in Sumerian. GAL-A appears as a predecessor in proto-cuneiform, an early stage of cuneiform. Scribes changed picture-like marks into wedges; Sumerian sign values later carried into Akkadian and other languages.
𒂍 is E₂, “house”; with GAL it forms e₂-gal, “palace.” In Akkadian, another Mesopotamian language, word lists match GAL with the word for “big.” GAL can add that meaning without making every word mean “big.”
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4Questions people ask
1Why do fonts draw 𒃲 differently?
Unicode 16.0’s chart mainly uses forms from Ur’s Third Dynasty, a period in Mesopotamian history. Fonts may use other periods; the code point identifies the sign, not one ancient hand.
How to type 𒃲
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 120F2, then Alt+X to get 𒃲.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cuneiform sign gal”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 120f2, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𒃲CSS
\120F2Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𒃲
HTML hex
𒃲
CSS content
content: "\120F2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%92%83%B2
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.