U+131AF "𓆯" Egyptian Hieroglyph M001B Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓆯

U+131AF "𓆯" Egyptian Hieroglyph M001B is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block and represents a specific sign from the Gardiner sign list, classified under the category of "Trees and Plants." This hieroglyph depicts a flowering reed or a plant shoot, and in the ancient Egyptian writing system, it functioned as a phonogram for the sound "h" (specifically a voiceless pharyngeal fricative) or as a determinative in words related to plants, vegetation, or growth. Its inclusion in Unicode enables digital preservation and scholarly study of Egyptian texts, allowing modern researchers and enthusiasts to accurately represent this ancient symbol in electronic documents and databases.

General Properties

Code Point	U+131AF
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph M001B
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓆯
HTML Hex Encoding	𓆯
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x86 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDDAF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000131AF
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\uddaf

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	M-01-006
kEH_Core	L
kEH_Desc	A horned desert viper (Cerastes cerastes), written over a tree (M1).
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ꞽm=f
kEH_UniK	M001B
kEH_JSesh	M1E M48
kEH_HG	M48
kEH_IFAO	232,5
kEH_AltSeq	13191 13436 131AD