U+1463D "𔘽" Anatolian Hieroglyph A521 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𔘽

U+1463D "𔘽" Anatolian Hieroglyph A521 is a sign from the Anatolian hieroglyphic script, which was used primarily in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age to write the Luwian language in parts of Anatolia and northern Syria. This particular glyph, cataloged as A521 in the standard sign list, typically represents a phonetic value or a syllabic sound in the Luwian writing system, often reflecting a consonant vowel combination. Its exact phonetic interpretation is debated among scholars, but it is understood as part of a corpus of over 500 distinct hieroglyphs that adorned monumental stone inscriptions, seals, and other official records. The inclusion of this character in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and study of this ancient Anatolian script, enabling modern researchers to encode and share historical texts accurately.

General Properties

Code Point U+1463D
Version Added 8.0
Name Anatolian Hieroglyph A521
Block Anatolian Hieroglyphs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𔘽
HTML Hex Encoding 𔘽
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x94 0x98 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD811 0xDE3D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001463D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud811\ude3d

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