U+1098C "𐦌" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Ne Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐦌

U+1098C "𐦌" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Ne is a symbol from the Meroitic script, which was used to write the Meroitic language of the ancient Kingdom of Kush in present-day Sudan. This specific character represents the syllabic sound "ne" and belongs to the Meroitic Hieroglyphic block of the Unicode standard, which encodes a set of pictographic signs derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs. Unlike the cursive Meroitic script, these hieroglyphs were typically carved in stone for monumental inscriptions, such as those found in temples and royal tombs from around the 3rd century BCE to the 4th century CE. The character's inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and study of this extinct writing system, facilitating modern linguistic research and cultural heritage documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+1098C
Version Added 6.1
Name Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Ne
Block Meroitic Hieroglyphs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐦌
HTML Hex Encoding 𐦌
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xA6 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDD8C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001098C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udd8c

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