U+1462E "𔘮" Anatolian Hieroglyph A506 Unicode Character

U+1462E "𔘮" Anatolian Hieroglyph A506 is a logogram from the Anatolian hieroglyphic script, used primarily in the Bronze and Iron Ages to write the Luwian language in what is now modern Turkey and northern Syria. This specific sign, designated A506 in the standard classification, typically represents a phonetic value related to the syllable "wa" or can function as a determinative in certain contexts. It belongs to a larger corpus of over 500 known hieroglyphs, which were often carved on stone monuments, seals, and lead strips. The character was added to the Unicode Standard in 2018 as part of the Anatolian Hieroglyphs block, enabling digital representation and study of this ancient writing system for linguists and historians.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1462E
Version Added	8.0
Name	Anatolian Hieroglyph A506
Block	Anatolian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𔘮
HTML Hex Encoding	𔘮
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x98 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD811 0xDE2E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001462E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud811\ude2e

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