U+1454C "𔕌" Anatolian Hieroglyph A295 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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
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