Meroitic Script

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Meroitic Script

𐦠aU+109A0Ready to copy

124 signs. Tap one to copy it.

Cursive letters 24

Hieroglyphs 30

Other signs 6

Numbers 64

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The Meroitic script to copy, sign by sign: the cursive letters first, then the hieroglyphs that match them, then the numbers. It is an alphasyllabary of the kingdom of Kush, written mostly from right to left.

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How a sign is read

Fifteen signs are consonants read with the vowel a: the sign ma is ma. For another vowel a vowel letter follows the consonant. There are four, a, e, i and o, and a is written only at the start of a word. Four more signs are whole syllables: ne, se, te and to.

Two forms of one script

Cursive was for general use and takes its shapes from Egyptian demotic. The hieroglyphs were for royal monuments and temples, take theirs from Egyptian hieroglyphs and can also run in columns. Each of the 23 signs has a hieroglyph, and seven have a second one. Numbers exist only in cursive.

  • A device with no font for these two Unicode blocks shows empty boxes. The reading under each tile still shows.
  • Words and phrases are parted by dots: two in cursive, written with a colon, and three in the hieroglyphs.
  • Kha and Hha are the Unicode names of the signs scholars write ḫa and ẖa.

Questions and answers

How many letters are in the Meroitic alphabet?

23: fifteen consonants, four vowels and four signs for whole syllables. The Unicode block of the cursive form has 24 letters, the 23 and an archaic form of sa; the hieroglyph block has 30, because seven signs have two hieroglyphs.

Has the Meroitic script been deciphered?

The sound of each sign has: the values were worked out in the early twentieth century, so a text can be read aloud. The Meroitic language itself is still not understood, except for names and a few other words.

When was the Meroitic script used?

The Unicode Standard dates it from around the second century BCE to the fourth century CE; Wikipedia's article on the script puts its beginning in the third century BCE. By the sixth century another script had taken its place.

All 124 signs

Cursive letters 24

  • a U+109A0 Meroitic cursive letter a. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Vowel letter a. It is written only at the start of a word. Its hieroglyph is 𐦀 (U+10980).
  • Archaic sa U+109B0 Meroitic cursive letter archaic sa. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. An older form of the letter sa.
  • ba U+109A6 Meroitic cursive letter ba. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Consonant, read ba: the vowel a is built in unless a vowel letter follows. Its hieroglyph is 𐦆 (U+10986).
  • da U+109B7 Meroitic cursive letter da. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Consonant, read da: the vowel a is built in unless a vowel letter follows. Its hieroglyph is 𐦝 (U+1099D).
  • e U+109A1 Meroitic cursive letter e. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Vowel letter e. Its hieroglyph is 𐦁 (U+10981).
  • Hha, ẖa U+109AE Meroitic cursive letter hha. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Consonant, read ẖa: the vowel a is built in unless a vowel letter follows. Its hieroglyph is 𐦒 (U+10992).
  • i U+109A2 Meroitic cursive letter i. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Vowel letter i. It usually joins to the consonant before it. Its hieroglyph is 𐦂 (U+10982).
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Cursive letters, continued

  • ka U+109B2 Meroitic cursive letter ka. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Consonant, read ka: the vowel a is built in unless a vowel letter follows. Its hieroglyph is 𐦖 (U+10996).
  • Kha, ḫa U+109AD Meroitic cursive letter kha. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Consonant, read ḫa: the vowel a is built in unless a vowel letter follows. Its hieroglyph is 𐦑 (U+10991).
  • la U+109AC Meroitic cursive letter la. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Consonant, read la: the vowel a is built in unless a vowel letter follows. Its hieroglyph is 𐦐 (U+10990).
  • ma U+109A8 Meroitic cursive letter ma. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Consonant, read ma: the vowel a is built in unless a vowel letter follows. Its hieroglyph is 𐦉 (U+10989).
  • na U+109A9 Meroitic cursive letter na. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Consonant, read na: the vowel a is built in unless a vowel letter follows. Its hieroglyph is 𐦊 (U+1098A).
  • ne U+109AA Meroitic cursive letter ne. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. A sign for the whole syllable ne. Its hieroglyph is 𐦌 (U+1098C).
  • o U+109A3 Meroitic cursive letter o. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Vowel letter o. Its hieroglyph is 𐦃 (U+10983).
  • pa U+109A7 Meroitic cursive letter pa. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Consonant, read pa: the vowel a is built in unless a vowel letter follows. Its hieroglyph is 𐦈 (U+10988).
  • qa U+109B3 Meroitic cursive letter qa. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Consonant, read qa: the vowel a is built in unless a vowel letter follows. Its hieroglyph is 𐦗 (U+10997).
  • ra U+109AB Meroitic cursive letter ra. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Consonant, read ra: the vowel a is built in unless a vowel letter follows. Its hieroglyph is 𐦎 (U+1098E).
  • sa U+109AF Meroitic cursive letter sa. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Consonant, read sa: the vowel a is built in unless a vowel letter follows. Its hieroglyph is 𐦓 (U+10993).
  • se U+109B1 Meroitic cursive letter se. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. A sign for the whole syllable se. Its hieroglyph is 𐦕 (U+10995).
  • ta U+109B4 Meroitic cursive letter ta. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Consonant, read ta: the vowel a is built in unless a vowel letter follows. Its hieroglyph is 𐦘 (U+10998).
  • te U+109B5 Meroitic cursive letter te. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. A sign for the whole syllable te. Its hieroglyph is 𐦚 (U+1099A).
  • to U+109B6 Meroitic cursive letter to. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. A sign for the whole syllable to. Its hieroglyph is 𐦜 (U+1099C).
  • wa U+109A5 Meroitic cursive letter wa. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Consonant, read wa: the vowel a is built in unless a vowel letter follows. Its hieroglyph is 𐦅 (U+10985).
  • ya U+109A4 Meroitic cursive letter ya. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. Consonant, read ya: the vowel a is built in unless a vowel letter follows. Its hieroglyph is 𐦄 (U+10984).

Hieroglyphs 30

  • Hieroglyph a U+10980 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter a. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for a; the cursive letter is 𐦠 (U+109A0). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph A001 (U+13000).
  • Hieroglyph ba U+10986 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter ba. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for ba; the cursive letter is 𐦦 (U+109A6). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph E011 (U+130DE).
  • Hieroglyph ba-2 U+10987 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter ba-2. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. A second hieroglyph for ba; the cursive letter is 𐦦 (U+109A6). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph D058 (U+130C0).
  • Hieroglyph da U+1099D Meroitic hieroglyphic letter da. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for da; the cursive letter is 𐦷 (U+109B7). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph D006 (U+1307B).
  • Hieroglyph e U+10981 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter e. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for e; the cursive letter is 𐦡 (U+109A1). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph H006 (U+13184).
  • Hieroglyph ḫa U+10991 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter kha. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for ḫa; the cursive letter is 𐦭 (U+109AD). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph AA001 (U+1340D).
  • Hieroglyph ẖa U+10992 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter hha. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for ẖa; the cursive letter is 𐦮 (U+109AE). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph W011 (U+133BC).
  • Hieroglyph i U+10982 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter i. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for i; the cursive letter is 𐦢 (U+109A2). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph A026 (U+1301E).
  • Hieroglyph ka U+10996 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter ka. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for ka; the cursive letter is 𐦲 (U+109B2). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph G038 (U+1316C).
  • Hieroglyph la U+10990 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter la. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for la; the cursive letter is 𐦬 (U+109AC). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph E023 (U+130ED).
  • Hieroglyph ma U+10989 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter ma. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for ma; the cursive letter is 𐦨 (U+109A8). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph G017 (U+13153).
  • Hieroglyph na U+1098A Meroitic hieroglyphic letter na. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for na; the cursive letter is 𐦩 (U+109A9). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph N035 (U+13216).
  • Hieroglyph na-2 U+1098B Meroitic hieroglyphic letter na-2. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. A second hieroglyph for na; the cursive letter is 𐦩 (U+109A9).
  • Hieroglyph ne U+1098C Meroitic hieroglyphic letter ne. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for ne; the cursive letter is 𐦪 (U+109AA). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph M022A (U+131D2).
  • Hieroglyph ne-2 U+1098D Meroitic hieroglyphic letter ne-2. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. A second hieroglyph for ne; the cursive letter is 𐦪 (U+109AA).
  • Hieroglyph o U+10983 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter o. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for o; the cursive letter is 𐦣 (U+109A3). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph F001 (U+130FE).
  • Hieroglyph pa U+10988 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter pa. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for pa; the cursive letter is 𐦧 (U+109A7). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph Q003 (U+132AA).
  • Hieroglyph qa U+10997 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter qa. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for qa; the cursive letter is 𐦳 (U+109B3). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph N029 (U+1320E).
  • Hieroglyph ra U+1098E Meroitic hieroglyphic letter ra. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for ra; the cursive letter is 𐦫 (U+109AB). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph D021 (U+1308B).
  • Hieroglyph ra-2 U+1098F Meroitic hieroglyphic letter ra-2. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. A second hieroglyph for ra; the cursive letter is 𐦫 (U+109AB).
  • Hieroglyph sa U+10993 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter sa. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for sa; the cursive letter is 𐦯 (U+109AF). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph M008 (U+131B7).
  • Hieroglyph sa-2 U+10994 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter sa-2. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. A second hieroglyph for sa; the cursive letter is 𐦯 (U+109AF). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph O034 (U+13283).
  • Hieroglyph se U+10995 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter se. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for se; the cursive letter is 𐦱 (U+109B1). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph O034 (U+13283).
  • Hieroglyph ta U+10998 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter ta. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for ta; the cursive letter is 𐦴 (U+109B4). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph V013 (U+1337F).
  • Hieroglyph ta-2 U+10999 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter ta-2. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. A second hieroglyph for ta; the cursive letter is 𐦴 (U+109B4). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph N016 (U+131FE).
  • Hieroglyph te U+1099A Meroitic hieroglyphic letter te. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for te; the cursive letter is 𐦵 (U+109B5). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph N016 (U+131FE) and O004 (U+13254).
  • Hieroglyph te-2 U+1099B Meroitic hieroglyphic letter te-2. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. A second hieroglyph for te; the cursive letter is 𐦵 (U+109B5). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph O004 (U+13254).
  • Hieroglyph to U+1099C Meroitic hieroglyphic letter to. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for to; the cursive letter is 𐦶 (U+109B6). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph N021 (U+13205).
  • Hieroglyph wa U+10985 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter wa. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for wa; the cursive letter is 𐦥 (U+109A5). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph V004 (U+1336F).
  • Hieroglyph ya U+10984 Meroitic hieroglyphic letter ya. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. The hieroglyph for ya; the cursive letter is 𐦤 (U+109A4). The Unicode names list compares it with Egyptian hieroglyph M017A (U+131CC).

Other signs 6

  • Divider, 2 dots U+003A Colon. Basic Latin block, Unicode 1.1. The colon stands for the two dots that part words and phrases in Meroitic cursive.
  • Divider, 3 dots U+205D Tricolon. General Punctuation block, Unicode 4.1. The tricolon stands for the three dots that part words and phrases in Meroitic hieroglyphs.
  • Logogram imn U+109BF Meroitic cursive logogram imn. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. A cursive sign for a whole word, taken from Egyptian demotic.
  • Logogram rmt U+109BE Meroitic cursive logogram rmt. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 6.1. A cursive sign for a whole word, taken from Egyptian demotic.
  • Symbol vidj U+1099E Meroitic hieroglyphic symbol vidj. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. One of the two ankh-like symbols used with the hieroglyphs.
  • Symbol vidj-2 U+1099F Meroitic hieroglyphic symbol vidj-2. Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, Unicode 6.1. One of the two ankh-like symbols used with the hieroglyphs.

Numbers 64

  • 1 U+109C0 Meroitic cursive number one. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 1.
  • 1/2 U+109BD Meroitic cursive fraction one half. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 1/2.
  • 1/12 U+109F6 Meroitic cursive fraction one twelfth. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 1/12.
  • 2 U+109C1 Meroitic cursive number two. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 2.
  • 2/12 U+109F7 Meroitic cursive fraction two twelfths. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 2/12.
  • 3 U+109C2 Meroitic cursive number three. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 3.
  • 3/12 U+109F8 Meroitic cursive fraction three twelfths. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 3/12.
  • 4 U+109C3 Meroitic cursive number four. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 4.
  • 4/12 U+109F9 Meroitic cursive fraction four twelfths. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 4/12.
  • 5 U+109C4 Meroitic cursive number five. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 5.
  • 5/12 U+109FA Meroitic cursive fraction five twelfths. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 5/12.
  • 6 U+109C5 Meroitic cursive number six. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 6.
  • 6/12 U+109FB Meroitic cursive fraction six twelfths. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 6/12.
  • 7 U+109C6 Meroitic cursive number seven. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 7.
  • 7/12 U+109FC Meroitic cursive fraction seven twelfths. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 7/12.
  • 8 U+109C7 Meroitic cursive number eight. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 8.
  • 8/12 U+109FD Meroitic cursive fraction eight twelfths. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 8/12.
  • 9 U+109C8 Meroitic cursive number nine. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 9.
  • 9/12 U+109FE Meroitic cursive fraction nine twelfths. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 9/12.
  • 10 U+109C9 Meroitic cursive number ten. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 10.
  • 10/12 U+109FF Meroitic cursive fraction ten twelfths. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 10/12.
  • 11/12 U+109BC Meroitic cursive fraction eleven twelfths. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 11/12.
  • 20 U+109CA Meroitic cursive number twenty. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 20.
  • 30 U+109CB Meroitic cursive number thirty. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 30.
  • 40 U+109CC Meroitic cursive number forty. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 40.
  • 50 U+109CD Meroitic cursive number fifty. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 50.
  • 60 U+109CE Meroitic cursive number sixty. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 60.
  • 70 U+109CF Meroitic cursive number seventy. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 70.
  • 100 U+109D2 Meroitic cursive number one hundred. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 100.
  • 200 U+109D3 Meroitic cursive number two hundred. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 200.
  • 300 U+109D4 Meroitic cursive number three hundred. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 300.
  • 400 U+109D5 Meroitic cursive number four hundred. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 400.
  • 500 U+109D6 Meroitic cursive number five hundred. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 500.
  • 600 U+109D7 Meroitic cursive number six hundred. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 600.
  • 700 U+109D8 Meroitic cursive number seven hundred. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 700.
  • 800 U+109D9 Meroitic cursive number eight hundred. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 800.
  • 900 U+109DA Meroitic cursive number nine hundred. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 900.
  • 1,000 U+109DB Meroitic cursive number one thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 1,000.
  • 2,000 U+109DC Meroitic cursive number two thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 2,000.
  • 3,000 U+109DD Meroitic cursive number three thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 3,000.
  • 4,000 U+109DE Meroitic cursive number four thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 4,000.
  • 5,000 U+109DF Meroitic cursive number five thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 5,000.
  • 6,000 U+109E0 Meroitic cursive number six thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 6,000.
  • 7,000 U+109E1 Meroitic cursive number seven thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 7,000.
  • 8,000 U+109E2 Meroitic cursive number eight thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 8,000.
  • 9,000 U+109E3 Meroitic cursive number nine thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 9,000.
  • 10,000 U+109E4 Meroitic cursive number ten thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 10,000.
  • 20,000 U+109E5 Meroitic cursive number twenty thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 20,000.
  • 30,000 U+109E6 Meroitic cursive number thirty thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 30,000.
  • 40,000 U+109E7 Meroitic cursive number forty thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 40,000.
  • 50,000 U+109E8 Meroitic cursive number fifty thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 50,000.
  • 60,000 U+109E9 Meroitic cursive number sixty thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 60,000.
  • 70,000 U+109EA Meroitic cursive number seventy thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 70,000.
  • 80,000 U+109EB Meroitic cursive number eighty thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 80,000.
  • 90,000 U+109EC Meroitic cursive number ninety thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 90,000.
  • 100,000 U+109ED Meroitic cursive number one hundred thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 100,000.
  • 200,000 U+109EE Meroitic cursive number two hundred thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 200,000.
  • 300,000 U+109EF Meroitic cursive number three hundred thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 300,000.
  • 400,000 U+109F0 Meroitic cursive number four hundred thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 400,000.
  • 500,000 U+109F1 Meroitic cursive number five hundred thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 500,000.
  • 600,000 U+109F2 Meroitic cursive number six hundred thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 600,000.
  • 700,000 U+109F3 Meroitic cursive number seven hundred thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 700,000.
  • 800,000 U+109F4 Meroitic cursive number eight hundred thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 800,000.
  • 900,000 U+109F5 Meroitic cursive number nine hundred thousand. Meroitic Cursive block, Unicode 8.0. Stands for 900,000.

How this list was compiled: Every character was checked against UnicodeData.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/UnicodeData.txt): the code points and the character names in the notes come from that file, names in sentence case. Block names come from Blocks.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/Blocks.txt) and the Unicode version each character arrived in from DerivedAge.txt (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/DerivedAge.txt), both version 18.0.0. The page holds every character of the Meroitic Cursive block (U+109A0 to U+109FF, https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U109A0.pdf) and of the Meroitic Hieroglyphs block (U+10980 to U+1099F, https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U10980.pdf), with the colon and the tricolon: each group is in the order of its chart, except that the fractions one half and eleven twelfths stand among the other fractions. The reading under each cursive letter is the one in the chart of the Letters section of Wikipedia's Meroitic script article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meroitic_script); it is the letter's Unicode name for all but two, ḫa and ẖa, which Unicode names kha and hha. A hieroglyph is set beside the cursive letter of the same Unicode name. Which signs are vowels, consonants with a built-in a and whole syllables, the two logograms, the two symbols, the direction of writing, the joining i, the word dividers and how the numbers and fractions work follow section 11.5 of the Unicode Standard, version 17.0 (https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode17.0.0/core-spec/chapter-11/). The Egyptian hieroglyph named in a note is the cross reference under that character in NamesList.txt, version 18.0.0 (https://www.unicode.org/Public/18.0.0/ucd/NamesList.txt). The value of a number or a fraction is the numeric field of UnicodeData.txt. The tile names and the grouping are this site's own. All sources were read on 2026-10-16. Licence: own work

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