U+1444E "𔑎" Anatolian Hieroglyph A069 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𔑎

U+1444E "𔑎" Anatolian Hieroglyph A069 is a logographic symbol from the Anatolian hieroglyphic script, which was used primarily in the region of Anatolia, modern-day Turkey, during the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age, roughly from the 14th to the 7th centuries BCE. This specific glyph, cataloged as A069 in the standard sign list, likely represents a phonetic or ideographic element within the Luwian language, the most commonly recorded language in this script. Anatolian hieroglyphs were typically carved in stone monuments or seals, and this character would have been part of a larger system used for royal inscriptions, religious texts, and administrative records. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars and digital historians can accurately represent and study this ancient writing system in modern electronic texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+1444E
Version Added 8.0
Name Anatolian Hieroglyph A069
Block Anatolian Hieroglyphs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𔑎
HTML Hex Encoding 𔑎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x94 0x91 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD811 0xDC4E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001444E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud811\udc4e

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