U+131F3 "𓇳" Egyptian Hieroglyph N005 Unicode Character

U+131F3 "𓇳" Egyptian Hieroglyph N005 is a representation of a stylized sun disk, often associated with the sun god Ra or Horus, and belongs to the category of celestial glyphs in the ancient Egyptian writing system. This specific sign, cataloged as Gardiner's N5 in the standard hieroglyphic classification, is primarily used as an ideogram or determinative for concepts involving the sun, daylight, or time itself, such as the word "ra" for the sun god. It appears frequently in Egyptian inscriptions within monumental texts and funerary contexts, where it conveys solar power, creation, and the daily cycle of rebirth. The inclusion of this glyph in the Unicode standard enables digital representation and preservation of ancient Egyptian texts for modern scholarly and cultural use.

General Properties

Code Point	U+131F3
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph N005
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓇳
HTML Hex Encoding	𓇳
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x87 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDDF3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000131F3
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\uddf3

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-02-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The sun, within a halo.
kEH_Func	Logogram (the sun, Re)
kEH_FVal	rꜥ
kEH_UniK	N005
kEH_JSesh	N5
kEH_HG	N5
kEH_IFAO	262,6