U+14605 "𔘅" Anatolian Hieroglyph A462 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𔘅
U+14605 "𔘅" Anatolian Hieroglyph A462 is a pictographic sign from the Anatolian Hieroglyphic script used primarily in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age by the Luwian people in what is now modern Turkey and northern Syria. This specific glyph, cataloged as A462 in the standardized sign list, typically represents the concept of a "bow" or related archery imagery, often functioning as a logogram or phonetic element in monumental inscriptions on stone and lead. Its inclusion in Unicode since version 8.0 in 2015 allows for the digital preservation and scholarly study of this ancient writing system, which was deciphered over the course of the 20th century.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+14605 |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Anatolian Hieroglyph A462 |
| Block | Anatolian Hieroglyphs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𔘅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𔘅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x94 0x98 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD811 0xDE05 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00014605 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud811\ude05 |
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 |