U+1453D "ð””½" Anatolian Hieroglyph A282 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð””½
U+1453D "ð””½" Anatolian Hieroglyph A282 is a sign from the Anatolian hieroglyphic script used primarily in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age by the Luwian people to write their language on seals, monuments, and official documents. This specific symbol depicts a stylized object, often interpreted as representing a bundle of flax or a similar fibrous plant, and it corresponds to the phonetic value "hwi" or a similar sound in the Luwian syllabary. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for the digital preservation and scholarly study of this ancient writing system, which was deciphered over the course of the 20th century through analysis of bilingual inscriptions and archaeological finds.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1453D |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Anatolian Hieroglyph A282 |
| Block | Anatolian Hieroglyphs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𔔽 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𔔽 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x94 0x94 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD811 0xDD3D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001453D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud811\udd3d |
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 |