What 𒔵 means
No; it names the sign’s components.
Oracc catalogs 𒔵 as SARŠE, while Unicode’s label orders the same parts as SHE PLUS SAR. These are sign-list descriptions, not a phrase to translate into a word.
Why can’t I read 𒔵 alone?
Its reading depends on language, period, and context.
Cuneiform began in southern Mesopotamia around 3400–3300 BCE as a way to record goods and services. This sign belongs to the Early Dynastic repertoire, dated 2900–2335 BCE; texts of that period include records, laws, word lists, and literature. Their nonlinear sign order can leave few clues to a reading.
Who writes 𒔵
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Related characters
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Worth knowing
- The 2012 Unicode proposal identifies 𒔵 as LAK-216. LAK is a scholarly list of archaic cuneiform signs from Fara, an archaeological site in southern Iraq; Oracc’s global sign list was another main source.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𒔵 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 𒔵
- Also called
- SAR׊E
- Search it as
- 𒔵 meaning · SHE plus SAR · LAK-216 · Early Dynastic cuneiform · Fara sign list
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𒔵\12535Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.