U+131EF "𓇯" Egyptian Hieroglyph N001 Unicode Character

U+131EF "𓇯" Egyptian Hieroglyph N001 is a representation of the sky, depicted as a flat, often slightly curved ceiling or canopy, and is part of the Gardiner sign list's category for sky, earth, and water. This specific glyph, known as N1 or N001 in the standard classification, conventionally portrays the heavens suspended above the earth, frequently appearing in ancient Egyptian inscriptions and religious texts to denote concepts of the celestial realm, the firmament, or the goddess Nut. It serves as a determinative or ideogram in the Egyptian writing system, helping to clarify the meaning of words related to the sky and the divine order of the cosmos.

General Properties

Code Point	U+131EF
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph N001
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓇯
HTML Hex Encoding	𓇯
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x87 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDDEF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000131EF
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\uddef

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	N-01-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The sky.
kEH_Func	Logogram (sky)
kEH_FVal	p.t
kEH_UniK	N001
kEH_JSesh	N1
kEH_HG	N1
kEH_IFAO	261,1
kEH_NoRotate	Yes