U+144CD "𔓍" Anatolian Hieroglyph A178 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𔓍
U+144CD "𔓍" Anatolian Hieroglyph A178 is a sign from the Anatolian hieroglyphic script used primarily by the Luwian language in the Bronze and Iron Ages of Asia Minor. This specific glyph is part of a syllabic and logographic writing system that was employed for monumental inscriptions on stone and seals, often associated with the Hittite Empire and successor states. While the exact phonetic or semantic value of A178 may vary among scholarly interpretations, it represents a distinct symbol within the broader corpus of over 500 known Anatolian hieroglyphs, contributing to our understanding of ancient Near Eastern linguistics and iconography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+144CD |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Anatolian Hieroglyph A178 |
| Block | Anatolian Hieroglyphs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𔓍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𔓍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x94 0x93 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD811 0xDCCD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000144CD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud811\udccd |
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 |