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Meroitic Hieroglyphs

Mero Left-to-right Living Logographic

Sample Characters

𐦀 𐦁 𐦂 𐦃 𐦄 𐦅 𐦆 𐦇 𐦈 𐦉 𐦊 𐦋 𐦌 𐦍 𐦎 𐦏 𐦐 𐦑 𐦒 𐦓 𐦔 𐦕 𐦖 𐦗 𐦘 𐦙 𐦚 𐦛 𐦜 𐦝 𐦞 𐦟

First 48 characters from Meroitic Hieroglyphs (U+10980–U+1099F)

About Meroitic Hieroglyphs

Meroitic Hieroglyphs is a Living writing system. It reads Left-to-right and contains 32 characters in the Unicode standard. It is registered in the ISO 15924 standard under the code Mero.

Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.

Script Family & Lineage

Ancestor Chain
Egyptian hieroglyphs › Meroitic Hieroglyphs
Descended Scripts
Meroitic Cursive 1

Frequently Asked Questions

What type of writing system is Meroitic Hieroglyphs?
Meroitic Hieroglyphs is a Logographic. Logographic scripts use symbols that represent words or morphemes rather than sounds.
What direction does Meroitic Hieroglyphs read?
Meroitic Hieroglyphs is written Left-to-right, the same direction as most European scripts.
How many languages use the Meroitic Hieroglyphs script?
0 languages use Meroitic Hieroglyphs according to Unicode CLDR data.
When was the Meroitic Hieroglyphs script created?
The exact origin of the Meroitic Hieroglyphs script is not precisely documented.

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Key Facts

ISO Code
Mero
ISO Number
100
Script Type
Logographic
Direction
Left-to-right
Status
Living
Characters
32
Languages
0

Unicode Ranges

  • Meroitic Hieroglyphs
    U+10980–U+1099F

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