U+1455A "𔕚" Anatolian Hieroglyph A308 Unicode Character

U+1455A "𔕚" Anatolian Hieroglyph A308 is a sign from the Anatolian hieroglyphic script, which was used primarily in the Iron Age for writing the Luwian language in what is now modern-day Turkey and northern Syria. This specific glyph, cataloged as A308 in the standard classification, represents a phonetic value, likely corresponding to a syllabic sound or a logographic concept, and is part of a corpus of inscriptions found on monumental stone monuments, seals, and lead strips. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates digital preservation and scholarly study of this ancient writing system, which was deciphered in the mid 20th century and provides valuable insights into the history and culture of the Neo Hittite states.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1455A
Version Added	8.0
Name	Anatolian Hieroglyph A308
Block	Anatolian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𔕚
HTML Hex Encoding	𔕚
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x95 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD811 0xDD5A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001455A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud811\udd5a

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