U+1099D "𐦝" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Da Unicode Character

U+1099D "𐦝" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Da is a symbol from the Meroitic script, an ancient writing system used in the Kingdom of Kush in present-day Sudan and Egypt. This character specifically represents the sound "da" and belongs to the Meroitic Hieroglyphic block, which contains signs based on Egyptian hieroglyphic forms that were adapted to write the Meroitic language. The script itself dates from roughly the 2nd century BCE to the 5th century CE and was deciphered in the early 20th century. As part of the Unicode Standard, this character allows for the digital representation and preservation of Meroitic texts, aiding scholars in the study of this historical African civilization.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1099D
Version Added	6.1
Name	Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Da
Block	Meroitic Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐦝
HTML Hex Encoding	𐦝
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0xA6 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD802 0xDD9D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001099D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud802\udd9d

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