U+1318B "𓆋" Egyptian Hieroglyph I004 Unicode Character

U+1318B "𓆋" Egyptian Hieroglyph I004 is a pictographic symbol representing a specific flora or fauna associated with the ancient Egyptian writing system, classified under the Gardiner sign list category I for amphibians, reptiles, or related creatures, though its exact identification remains subject to scholarly debate within Egyptology. This glyph was used primarily in the Middle Kingdom period and later, often appearing in religious or funerary texts to convey phonetic or ideographic meanings tied to its depicted subject. As part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in Unicode, it enables digital preservation and study of this ancient script.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1318B
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph I004
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓆋
HTML Hex Encoding	𓆋
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x86 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDD8B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001318B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udd8b

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	I-03-043
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) on top of a shrine.
kEH_Func	Classifier Sobek
kEH_FVal	sbk
kEH_UniK	I004
kEH_JSesh	I4
kEH_HG	I4