U+1319D "𓆝" Egyptian Hieroglyph K003 Unicode Character

U+1319D "𓆝" Egyptian Hieroglyph K003 is a representation of a specific fish, often identified as a tilapia or a similar freshwater species, and it belongs to the Gardiner sign list under the category of fish and parts of fish. This hieroglyph was used in ancient Egyptian writing as a determinative or logogram within the context of words related to fish, water, or concepts of abundance and fertility, reflecting the Nile's essential role in daily life and the afterlife. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and accurate rendering of this ancient script in modern text, connecting contemporary scholarship and communication with the rich visual language of pharaonic Egypt.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1319D
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph K003
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓆝
HTML Hex Encoding	𓆝
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x86 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDD9D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001319D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udd9d

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	K-01-015
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A mullet (Mugil cephalus).
kEH_Func	Logogram (fish)
kEH_FVal	rm
kEH_UniK	K003
kEH_JSesh	K3
kEH_HG	K3
kEH_IFAO	226,13