U+10982 "𐦂" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter I Unicode Character

U+10982 "𐦂" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter I is a symbol from the Meroitic script, an ancient writing system used in the Kingdom of Kush (modern-day Sudan) from around the 3rd century BCE to the 4th century CE. This specific character represents the vowel sound "i" in the Meroitic language, which was recorded in both hieroglyphic and cursive forms, though the hieroglyphic version, to which this character belongs, was typically used for monumental inscriptions. Deciphered in the early 20th century, the script remains only partially understood today, and the U+10982 character is part of the Unicode Standard's Meroitic Hieroglyphs block, enabling its digital representation and study by scholars and linguists.

General Properties

Code Point	U+10982
Version Added	6.1
Name	Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter I
Block	Meroitic Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐦂
HTML Hex Encoding	𐦂
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0xA6 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD802 0xDD82
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00010982
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud802\udd82

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Meroitic Hieroglyphs
Script Extensions	Meroitic Hieroglyphs
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	OLetter