U+1453A "𔔺" Anatolian Hieroglyph A279 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𔔺

U+1453A "𔔺" Anatolian Hieroglyph A279 is a sign from the Anatolian hieroglyphic script, a logographic writing system used primarily in the Iron Age by the Luwian language in what is now modern-day Turkey and parts of Syria. This particular glyph, cataloged as A279 or *278 according to the sign list of E. Laroche, belongs to the vast corpus of symbols that represent words, syllables, or semantic classifiers, and while its exact phonetic or semantic value has been debated, it is generally associated with a specific object or concept within the administrative, religious, or monumental inscriptions found on stone monuments and seals. The inclusion of this character in Unicode enables its digital representation and scholarly study, preserving a critical piece of ancient Near Eastern cultural heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+1453A
Version Added 8.0
Name Anatolian Hieroglyph A279
Block Anatolian Hieroglyphs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𔔺
HTML Hex Encoding 𔔺
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x94 0x94 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD811 0xDD3A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001453A
C/C++/Java Escape \ud811\udd3a

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