U+1098D "𐦍" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Ne-2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1098D "𐦍" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Ne-2 is part of the Meroitic script, a writing system used in the ancient Kingdom of Kush (present-day Sudan and parts of Egypt) between roughly the 3rd century BCE and the 4th century CE. This specific character represents a hieroglyphic sign, likely corresponding to a syllabic sound or phonetic value within the Meroitic language, which has not been fully deciphered. Unlike the more widely known Egyptian hieroglyphs, Meroitic hieroglyphs were used primarily for royal or monumental inscriptions, often accompanying a cursive form of the same script. The "Ne-2" designation indicates it is the second variant of the "ne" class of signs in scholarly classifications, and its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for digital preservation and study of this ancient African script.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𐦍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𐦍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x90 0xA6 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD802 0xDD8D |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001098D |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud802\udd8d |
Unicode Properties