U+1320B "𓈋" Egyptian Hieroglyph N026 Unicode Character

U+1320B "𓈋" Egyptian Hieroglyph N026 is a symbol from the Egyptian hieroglyphic script, specifically belonging to the category of sky, earth, and water signs (Gardiner's sign list N). It depicts a rectangular body of water, often interpreted as a canal, lake, or pool, and represents the phonetic value "š" or the determinative for concepts related to water, moisture, or watery places in ancient Egyptian writing. This glyph was commonly used in inscriptions and religious texts to indicate a body of water or to complement words associated with irrigation, the Nile, or the primordial waters of chaos, reflecting the central role of water in Egyptian cosmology and daily life.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1320B
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph N026
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓈋
HTML Hex Encoding	𓈋
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x88 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDE0B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001320B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\ude0b

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-13-014
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A sand covered mountain over the edge of the cultivated areas.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ḏw
kEH_UniK	N026
kEH_JSesh	N26
kEH_HG	N26
kEH_IFAO	273,4