What 𒎌 means
It marks the preceding word as plural. MEŠ is an Akkadian plural marker. A logogram stands for a whole word; MEŠ can follow one.
Cuneiform began as administrative writing in southern Mesopotamia around 3300 BCE. From the Middle Elamite period, Elamite scribes, who adapted Akkadian cuneiform for their language, put MEŠ after logograms as a marker that the preceding item was a logogram.
Is MEŠ the same as me-eš?
No: MEŠ is one sign; me-eš is two. MEŠ developed when the two signs in 𒈨𒌍 coalesced.
Don't confuse it with
1𒈨𒌍
The two-sign sequence can look like the single sign 𒎌 in Old Babylonian writing. Neo-Assyrian styles distinguish them; check the writing style.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𒎌 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 𒎌
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1238C, then Alt+X to get 𒎌.
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 mesh”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1238c, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𒎌CSS
\1238CCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𒎌
HTML hex
𒎌
CSS content
content: "\1238C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%92%8E%8C
1
On screen
1
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.