U+1318C "𓆌" Egyptian Hieroglyph I005 Unicode Character

U+1318C "𓆌" Egyptian Hieroglyph I005 is a representation of a tadpole, a sign from the Gardiner sign list classified under the category of amphibians and reptiles. In ancient Egyptian writing, this hieroglyph was used phonetically to represent the consonant cluster "fn" or "pn" and served as a determinative in words related to tadpoles or frogs. It also held symbolic associations with abundance and fertility due to the large numbers of tadpoles that appeared after the Nile's annual flood. The character is encoded in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block of Unicode, allowing for its digital use in modern text reproduction of classical Egyptian scripts and scholarly works.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1318C
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph I005
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓆌
HTML Hex Encoding	𓆌
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x86 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDD8C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001318C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udd8c

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-03-038
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) with its tail curved forward, below the body.
kEH_Func	Logogram (to gather)
kEH_FVal	sꜣḳ
kEH_UniK	I005
kEH_JSesh	I5
kEH_HG	I5
kEH_IFAO	212,8