U+10996 "𐦖" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+10996 "𐦖" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Ka is a glyph from the Meroitic Hieroglyphic block, representing a syllabic letter from the ancient Meroitic script used in the Kingdom of Kush (present-day Sudan) from around 300 BCE to 400 CE. This specific character corresponds to the sound "ka" and is one of 23 hieroglyphic signs adapted from Egyptian hieroglyphs to write the Meroitic language. Unlike Egyptian hieroglyphs, which could represent entire words or ideas, Meroitic hieroglyphs functioned primarily as an alphabet, though they retained a decorative, pictorial form. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard to support digital preservation and study of this historical writing system, which was deciphered in the early 20th century and remains a key source for understanding Kushite civilization.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𐦖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𐦖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x90 0xA6 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD802 0xDD96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00010996 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud802\udd96 |
Unicode Properties