U+14523 "𔔣" Anatolian Hieroglyph A257 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𔔣
U+14523 "𔔣" Anatolian Hieroglyph A257 is a logographic sign from the Anatolian hieroglyphic script, which was used primarily in the Bronze and Iron Ages to write the Luwian language in regions of modern-day Turkey and Syria. This particular glyph represents a pictorial symbol whose exact phonetic or semantic value is tied to the corpus of inscriptions found on stone monuments and seals, often conveying a specific word or concept within the administrative and cultural context of the Hittite and Neo-Hittite periods. As part of the Anatolian Hieroglyphs block, A257 contributes to the modern digital preservation of this ancient writing system, enabling scholars to encode and study the script with precision.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14523 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Anatolian Hieroglyph A257 |
| Block | Anatolian Hieroglyphs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𔔣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𔔣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x94 0x94 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD811 0xDD23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00014523 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud811\udd23 |
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 |