What 𒎐 means
It writes nin₉, the Sumerian word “sister.” Scribes used it in written texts, including literary passages about family and divine relationships; the surrounding signs supply the grammatical detail.
The word nin₉ is attested from Early Dynastic IIIa, and its spellings changed across periods. Texts translate it as “her sister,” “my sister,” or “little sister,” so nearby signs provide the details.
Why does cuneiform NIN9 have other forms?
Its visible form follows the scribal period and style. Sign-list evidence connects NIN9 with older SAL.KU or MUNUS.KU writing and a Neo-Assyrian SAL.MA form. These are historical spellings and related components, not interchangeable modern characters.
Unicode treats cuneiform code points as abstract sign identities even though regional and period-specific drawings vary. A font may therefore show 𒎐 in a different style without changing the intended sign, and the glyph alone cannot date a tablet.
A scholarly or antiquarian reference; without context, readers may not know which sign or reading is intended.
Do not assume 𒎐 means “lady”; that reading belongs to the distinct NIN sign, 𒎏.
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Who writes 𒎐
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Questions people ask
2Can I type nin9 to get 𒎐?
Not reliably. NIN9 is a scholarly transliteration label, not a universal key sequence; a transliteration tool may need the text’s period and spelling to select a sign or sequence.
Why does 𒎐 look different in different fonts?
It can. Cuneiform fonts can target historical styles such as Ur III, Old Babylonian, or Neo-Assyrian, so one abstract sign may have different drawings.
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How to type or find 𒎐
- Also called
- NIN9 · nin₉ · SAL.KU
- Search it as
- Sumerian sister · cuneiform sister · nin9 sign · nin sign · Sumerian nin · cuneiform sign
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𒎐\12390Codes and encoding1 code points
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