U+131D3 "𓇓" Egyptian Hieroglyph M023 Unicode Character

U+131D3 "𓇓" Egyptian Hieroglyph M023 is a representation of a papyrus plant, specifically depicting a single papyrus stem with a closed or flowering umbel, and falls under the broad category of flora in the Gardiner sign list, where it is classified under section M for "Trees and Plants." This hieroglyph was used in ancient Egyptian writing primarily as a determinative for words related to papyrus, the Delta region, or concepts of freshness and greenness, such as in the word for "marsh" or "meadow." It also served a phonetic value for the sound "ḥꜣ" or related sequences, appearing in royal names and religious texts as a symbol of the verdant and life-giving landscapes of Lower Egypt.

General Properties

Code Point	U+131D3
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph M023
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓇓
HTML Hex Encoding	𓇓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x87 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDDD3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000131D3
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\uddd3

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-16-016
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A sedge.
kEH_Func	Logogram (king of Upper Egypt)
kEH_FVal	n(.y)-sw.t
kEH_UniK	M023
kEH_JSesh	M23
kEH_HG	M23
kEH_IFAO	250,10