U+131F6 "𓇶" Egyptian Hieroglyph N008 Unicode Character

U+131F6 "𓇶" Egyptian Hieroglyph N008 is a sign from the ancient Egyptian writing system, specifically classified under the category of sky, earth, and water signs, where it represents a stylized depiction of a body of water or a canal, often associated with the concept of the Nile or irrigation channels. In transliteration, it typically corresponds to the sound "n" or "ny" and is used as a phonetic complement or determinative in words related to water, flowing, or liquid. This glyph appears in the original Unicode 5.2 standard for Egyptian Hieroglyphs, providing digital access to a symbol that was essential in recording administrative, religious, and daily life texts on temple walls and papyrus scrolls in ancient Egypt.

General Properties

Code Point	U+131F6
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph N008
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓇶
HTML Hex Encoding	𓇶
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x87 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDDF6
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000131F6
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\uddf6

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-04-016
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The sun, with three beams of sunlight coming from it.
kEH_Func	Classifier light, shining, rising
kEH_FVal	psḏ
kEH_UniK	N008