U+10994 "𐦔" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Sa-2 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐦔

U+10994 "𐦔" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Sa-2 is a specific glyph from the ancient Meroitic script, which was used in the Kingdom of Kush (present-day Sudan) between roughly 300 BCE and 400 CE. This character belongs to the Meroitic Hieroglyphic block, a writing system that combines both phonetic and logographic signs. The letter "Sa-2" represents a syllabic sign for the sound "sa" and is part of a larger set of hieroglyphs that were primarily used for monumental inscriptions, often carved in stone or painted on tomb walls. Unlike the later cursive Meroitic script, these hieroglyphs are more pictorial in nature, mimicking Egyptian hieroglyphic traditions while adapting them to the Meroitic language. The inclusion of this character in Unicode ensures that scholars and digital archivists can accurately represent and study the linguistic heritage of the Meroitic civilization.

General Properties

Code Point U+10994
Version Added 6.1
Name Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Sa-2
Block Meroitic Hieroglyphs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐦔
HTML Hex Encoding 𐦔
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xA6 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDD94
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010994
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udd94

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