U+14627 "𔘧" Anatolian Hieroglyph A496 Unicode Character

U+14627 "𔘧" Anatolian Hieroglyph A496 is a sign from the Anatolian hieroglyphic script, which was used in Anatolia and parts of Syria during the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages, primarily to write the Luwian language. This specific glyph represents a phonetic syllable or logographic symbol, with its exact reading and function depending on context, but it is often interpreted as conveying a sense of “to take” or “to seize,” based on transliterations of monumental inscriptions from Hittite and Neo-Hittite periods. The character is part of the Unicode Anatolian Hieroglyphs block, which was added in version 8.0 to preserve and digitally encode this ancient writing system for scholarly and cultural purposes.

General Properties

Code Point	U+14627
Version Added	8.0
Name	Anatolian Hieroglyph A496
Block	Anatolian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𔘧
HTML Hex Encoding	𔘧
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x98 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD811 0xDE27
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00014627
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud811\ude27

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