U+10985 "𐦅" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Wa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐦅
U+10985 "𐦅" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Wa is a glyph from the Meroitic Hieroglyphic block, representing a syllabic sign used in the ancient Meroitic script of the Kingdom of Kush, located in present-day Sudan. This character corresponds to the sound value "wa" and was employed primarily for monumental or ceremonial inscriptions, often carved in stone to honor deities or commemorate royalty. As part of the Meroitic writing system, which was deciphered in the early 20th century, it contributes to our understanding of a once-lost language from the Nile Valley.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10985 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Wa |
| Block | Meroitic Hieroglyphs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐦅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐦅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xA6 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDD85 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010985 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udd85 |
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 |