U+131D9 "𓇙" Egyptian Hieroglyph M028 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓇙

U+131D9 "𓇙" Egyptian Hieroglyph M028 is a symbol from the Gardiner sign list, specifically classified under the "Trees and Plants" category as M028, featuring a stylized depiction of a bundle of reeds or a thicket. This hieroglyph was used in ancient Egyptian writing to represent the sound value "ḫ" (a voiceless velar fricative) and often appeared in words related to plants, marshlands, or natural abundance, such as in the term for "marsh" or "field." Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that scholars, linguists, and digital archivists can accurately represent this ancient script in modern text encoding, preserving its historical and linguistic significance for academic study and cultural heritage documentation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+131D9
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph M028
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓇙
HTML Hex Encoding	𓇙
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x87 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDDD9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000131D9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\uddd9

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-16-056
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A desert plant, with four branches, with flowers on every branch (M26A), written on top of a hobble for cattle without a crossbar (V20).
kEH_Func	Logogram (the 10 of Upper Egypt)
kEH_FVal	mḏ-šmꜥ.w
kEH_UniK	M028
kEH_HG	M28
kEH_IFAO	252,8