What 𒅓 means
It writes the Sumerian count-word imin, “seven.”
The imin reading is attested from Early Dynastic IIIa onward, an early period in Sumerian history. Cuneiform developed alongside administrative record-keeping, where scribes tracked goods and quantities; this sign supplied the word for seven.
In later scholarly Sumerian, imin-bi literally means “their seven” and can extend from a group of seven to the complete set. An account favors a literal count; a literary or royal phrase may use the wider sense.
How can 𒅓 mean the whole set?
In imin-bi, “their seven” can stand for the whole set.
One royal inscription is interpreted as Egal-imin-bi-lugalene, “Palace that Rules All Kings.” A sign in the inscription is damaged, so this reading is a scholarly interpretation rather than a simple label.
Why does 𒅓 look different in another font?
A different wedge drawing can still be the same sign.
Cuneiform signs vary by period, region, and scribal style. Unicode's reference glyphs are chiefly in the Ur III style, a period in Sumerian history; a font made for another period or region may arrange the wedges differently.
If 𒅓 appears as a box, the current font likely lacks cuneiform coverage. That display gap does not change the encoded sign.
Specialist and historical: without Sumerian or cuneiform context, a newcomer cannot tell whether it names seven or the whole set.
For an ordinary modern count, do not leave this sign unexplained; readers need a cuneiform gloss.
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3 readingsSeven of that item.
Don't confuse it with
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imin for seven.
imin.Questions people ask
1Why does 𒅓 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Cuneiform 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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- Also called
- imin · umin · umun7
- Search it as
- umun · cuneiform seven · Sumerian seven · imin-bi · seven numeral
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𒅓\12153imin. Check the selected result before inserting it.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.