U+130EC "𓃬" Egyptian Hieroglyph E022 Unicode Character

U+130EC "𓃬" Egyptian Hieroglyph E022 is a representation from the ancient Egyptian script, specifically categorized under the sign for a "crocodile" or the divine figure Sobek, often associated with the Nile and pharaonic power. This glyph belongs to Gardiner's sign list E (mammals) and depicts a crocodile with its characteristic elongated snout, curved tail, and raised body, typically used in hieroglyphic inscriptions to convey concepts of danger, fertility, or the god's protective attributes. As part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in Unicode, it enables modern digital text to preserve and display this ancient symbol for scholarly, linguistic, and cultural purposes, bridging millennia of written communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+130EC
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph E022
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓃬
HTML Hex Encoding	𓃬
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x83 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDCEC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000130EC
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udcec

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	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Script Extensions	Egyptian 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

Unikemet Data

kEH_Cat	E-17-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A lion, standing, tail downwards.
kEH_Func	Classifier (lion)
kEH_FVal	mꜣꞽ
kEH_UniK	E022
kEH_JSesh	E22
kEH_HG	E22
kEH_IFAO	135,11