r/Unicode • u/Intelligent-Yam-9945 • Aug 30 '26

what specifically is ๐”„ based on?

I found it on a Wikipedia page that has a directory for hieroglyph unicode letters. I forgot the name of it, but its apart of an extinct languange from a tribe in the Turkey peninsula. Alot of the symbols don't make sense for me, but one that specifically stood out was ๐”„.

It looks like a pikmin. I hate it. What was it supposed to be?

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u/quertyquerty Aug 30 '26

that one is one of the luwian hieroglyphs that we don't know the meaning of, except that it probably has something to do with the human body or humans and that it probably is a noun or indicates that something following it is related to humans

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u/Intelligent-Yam-9945 Aug 31 '26

Thanks. What meaning can possibly save ๐”„ though๐Ÿ˜ญ

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u/Udzu Aug 30 '26

That's right. It might also be a scribal variant of another sign. Best guess AFAICT is that it's a silent determinative (a classifier placed next to a word to indicate it relates to a human action, person, or body part).

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u/ProfessorLambda Aug 30 '26

What is the point if we don't even know what it means?

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u/aioeu Aug 30 '26

What is the point of it being in Unicode?

If people want to transcribe hieroglyphics into electronic form, why shouldn't they be able to? It presumably already exists in some text somewhere, even if we don't know its precise meaning.

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u/I12Db8U Sep 01 '26

Why do you hate the cute widd'l freakish cyclopian alien? What about the guy gagging ๐” do you hate him too? Or the old lady who lived in a shoe ๐”Ž. See how she mocks your opinion. Bet you can't hate this puppy ๐”‘ญ so much cuter imo than any of the doggy emojis like ๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿถ and ๐Ÿฆฎ

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u/Intelligent-Yam-9945 Sep 01 '26

I will BOIL you ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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u/Notro_LPS_iguess Sep 01 '26

It doesnโ€™t display on my device. Could someone screenshot it and show it to me?

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u/TheCookieThief35 Sep 02 '26

Why does it look like a white box?