U+13216 "𓈖" Egyptian Hieroglyph N035 Unicode Character

U+13216 "𓈖" Egyptian Hieroglyph N035 is a glyph from the Gardiner sign list's "N" category for sky, earth, and water, specifically representing a sloping or bifurcated canal or irrigation channel, often interpreted as a symbol for water or a body of water. In ancient Egyptian writing, this hieroglyph served as a biliteral sign for the sound value "mr" or could function as an ideogram for words related to canals, lakes, or pools, reflecting the Nile civilization's deep connection to water management. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that this ancient symbol can be accurately represented in digital text for scholarly work, linguistic studies, and cultural preservation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13216
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph N035
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓈖
HTML Hex Encoding	𓈖
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x88 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDE16
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013216
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\ude16

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-19-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A ripple of water.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	n
kEH_UniK	N035
kEH_JSesh	N35
kEH_HG	N35
kEH_IFAO	277,2