U+14438 "𔐸" Anatolian Hieroglyph A050 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𔐸

U+14438 "𔐸" Anatolian Hieroglyph A050 is a symbol from the Anatolian hieroglyphic script, which was used primarily in the Iron Age by the Luwian people to write their language in what is now modern-day Turkey and northern Syria. This specific hieroglyph, cataloged as A050 in the standard classification, represents a logographic sign that likely corresponds to a syllabic value or a concrete object, such as a plant or a building element, based on its pictographic form. The characters in this script are carved in stone or inscribed on seals, and they are part of a larger corpus that was deciphered through comparisons with bilingual inscriptions, notably the Karatepe stele, which helped unlock the meanings of many such symbols. Today, U+14438 is included in Unicode to allow for digital representation and scholarly study of this ancient writing system, preserving a key piece of Anatolian cultural heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+14438
Version Added 8.0
Name Anatolian Hieroglyph A050
Block Anatolian Hieroglyphs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𔐸
HTML Hex Encoding 𔐸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x94 0x90 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD811 0xDC38
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00014438
C/C++/Java Escape \ud811\udc38

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 Anatolian Hieroglyphs
Script Extensions Anatolian 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