U+14452 "𔑒" Anatolian Hieroglyph A073 Unicode Character

U+14452 "𔑒" Anatolian Hieroglyph A073 is a symbol from the Anatolian hieroglyphic script, which was used primarily in the Bronze and Iron Ages to write the Luwian language in ancient Anatolia, modern-day Turkey. This specific character, catalogued as A073 in the sign list, likely represents a logographic or syllabic value, though its exact phonetic or semantic meaning requires careful study within the context of surviving inscriptions. Anatolian hieroglyphs were carved on stone monuments and seals, and U+14452 belongs to a larger corpus of over five hundred signs that combine pictorial elements with abstract shapes, reflecting a unique writing system that was decoded in the 20th century through comparative analysis with cuneiform texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+14452
Version Added	8.0
Name	Anatolian Hieroglyph A073
Block	Anatolian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𔑒
HTML Hex Encoding	𔑒
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x91 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD811 0xDC52
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00014452
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud811\udc52

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