U+1454C "𔕌" Anatolian Hieroglyph A295 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1454C "𔕌" Anatolian Hieroglyph A295 is a single sign from the Anatolian hieroglyphic script used primarily by the Hittites and other Luwian-speaking peoples in Anatolia and northern Syria during the Bronze and Iron Ages, roughly between the 14th and 7th centuries BCE. This particular logogram typically represents the word for "city" or "town" and is often written with a distinctive shape suggesting a square or compound structure, possibly symbolizing an urban settlement. It belongs to the Anatolian Hieroglyphs block of Unicode, which was added to the standard in 2015 as part of a larger effort to digitally encode and preserve ancient scripts. Scholars decode such signs from monumental stone inscriptions and seals, providing critical insights into Hittite history, religion, and administration, though the exact phonetic and semantic values of some hieroglyphs, including variants of A295, can still be debated depending on context.

General Properties

Code Point U+1454C
Version Added 8.0
Name Anatolian Hieroglyph A295
Block Anatolian Hieroglyphs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𔕌
HTML Hex Encoding 𔕌
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x94 0x95 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD811 0xDD4C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001454C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud811\udd4c

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