U+1315A "𓅚" Egyptian Hieroglyph G023 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓅚

U+1315A "𓅚" Egyptian Hieroglyph G023 is a representation of a specific bird used in ancient Egyptian writing, categorized under the Gardiner sign list as G023, which typically depicts a white-fronted goose or a similar waterfowl. This hieroglyph appears in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block of the Unicode standard, serving as a digital encoding for the visual sign that was employed by scribes to represent either the phonetic value "zp" or as a determinative in words related to birds or flight. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that modern digital texts, manuscripts, and scholarly works can accurately display this ancient character, preserving its cultural and historical significance for linguistic study and historical documentation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1315A
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph G023
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓅚
HTML Hex Encoding	𓅚
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x85 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDD5A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001315A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udd5a

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	G-23-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A lapwing (Vanellus cristatus).
kEH_Func	Logogram (common folk, subjects, people)
kEH_FVal	rḫ.yt
kEH_UniK	G023
kEH_JSesh	G23
kEH_HG	G23
kEH_IFAO	201,1