U+131BC "𓆼" Egyptian Hieroglyph M012 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓆼

U+131BC "𓆼" Egyptian Hieroglyph M012 is a sign from the Gardiner sign list representing a stylized lotus plant, often used in ancient Egyptian writing as a determinative or ideograph for concepts related to flowers, blooming, or the number one thousand, due to the lotus's symbolic association with birth, renewal, and vast quantities. This hieroglyph typically appears in monumental inscriptions and papyri, serving as a visual element within the broader hieroglyphic script that conveys meaning through both its pictorial form and its phonetic value. As part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in Unicode, it enables modern digital representation and study of this ancient script, preserving its cultural and historical significance for text encoding and academic research.

General Properties

Code Point	U+131BC
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph M012
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓆼
HTML Hex Encoding	𓆼
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x86 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDDBC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000131BC
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\uddbc

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-11-002
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A leaf, stem and root of a lotus plant.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ḫꜣ
kEH_UniK	M012
kEH_JSesh	M12
kEH_HG	M12
kEH_IFAO	243,4