What 𒋢 means
It has no single fixed English translation. Cuneiform sign lists connect SU with Sumerian su, “body” or “flesh,” and with kuš, “skin” or “hide,” among other values. A standalone 𒋢 cannot tell you which reading is intended.
Cuneiform began in the ancient city of Uruk around 3400–3300 BCE as a system for keeping records of goods and services. Sound-based writing developed after 2600 BCE. SU and ZU spellings appear in Uruk IV–III administrative records, sometimes for commodities or hides; scribes did not consistently distinguish them from KUŠ.
Why can SU have different readings?
The language and surrounding signs matter. Cuneiform later served Sumerian, Akkadian, and Hittite, and a value recorded for one language does not automatically carry into another.
In scholarly transliteration—the use of Latin letters to represent cuneiform signs—uppercase SU names the sign, while lowercase su records a selected reading.
Neutral and scholarly: SU names a sign in cuneiform writing; it does not by itself state a full word.
Do not treat it as a one-sign translation for either skin or body.
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Questions people ask
2Does 𒋢 mean skin?
It can: Sumerian sign lists associate it with kuš, “skin” or “hide,” alongside other values.
Why does 𒋢 look different in different fonts?
Fonts draw the same encoded character in different ways, and cuneiform forms also vary across historical periods and scribal styles.
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How to type or find 𒋢
- Also called
- SU · su · kuš
- Search it as
- cuneiform su · sumerian su · su zu · su kuš · cuneiform skin · cuneiform hide
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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