U+131C9 "𓇉" Egyptian Hieroglyph M016 Unicode Character

U+131C9 "𓇉" Egyptian Hieroglyph M016 is a sign from the Gardiner sign list representing a "clump of papyrus with umbel bent down," falling under the category of trees and plants. This hieroglyph was used in ancient Egyptian writing as a determinative or ideograph for words related to the papyrus plant, symbolizing concepts such as Lower Egypt, the Nile Delta region, and notions of rebirth and freshness associated with the marshlands. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and accurate rendering of this historically significant symbol within modern text systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+131C9
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph M016
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓇉
HTML Hex Encoding	𓇉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x87 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDDC9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000131C9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\uddc9

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-13-003
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A clump of three papyrus flowers.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ḥꜣ
kEH_UniK	M016
kEH_JSesh	M16
kEH_HG	M16
kEH_IFAO	247,3