What 𐏃 means
It marks an h sound; the word can supply a vowel. Old Persian cuneiform could use 𐏃 for the h sound alone or for the syllable ha. In scholarly Latin-letter transliteration, the name for India, “Hindu,” is h-i-du-u: 𐎡 writes i separately after 𐏃.
Was Old Persian cuneiform Mesopotamian?
No; it was a distinct cuneiform script. Its wedge-shaped marks resemble Mesopotamian writing, but Old Persian cuneiform had its own sign set. As of 2026, its origin remains debated. Its oldest surviving examples are on Darius’s monument at Bisotun, around 520 BCE. The inscription tells of his victories and claim to rule in Old Persian, alongside versions in Elamite and Babylonian, two other languages used in the region. Later kings reused its formulas to claim continuity. The script served royal prestige, not everyday writing; some inscriptions sat high on rock faces or were sealed in foundations.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐏃 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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𐏃\103C3Codes and encoding1 code points
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