U+13222 "𓈢" Egyptian Hieroglyph Nl003 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓈢

U+13222 "𓈢" Egyptian Hieroglyph Nl003 is a representation from the Gardiner sign list categorized under the "N" group for sky, earth, and water, specifically designated as a water-related sign. This hieroglyph depicts a canal or irrigation channel, often symbolizing water, a body of water, or the concept of flooding, which was crucial to ancient Egyptian agriculture and daily life. It appears in inscriptions and texts as a determinative or ideogram for words associated with waterways, such as canals or lakes, underscoring its role in conveying the landscape and resources of the Nile Valley. The character belongs to the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in Unicode, encoded for digital use since version 5.2 in 2009, allowing modern preservation and study of this ancient writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13222
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph Nl003
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓈢
HTML Hex Encoding	𓈢
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x88 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDE22
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013222
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\ude22

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	G-12-156
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A feather (H6), in front of a falcon (G5), on top of a standard used for carrying religious symbols (R12), on top of a parcel of land with irrigation ditches (N24).
kEH_Func	Logogram (West, 3rd nome of Lower Egypt)
kEH_FVal	ꞽmn.tt
kEH_UniK	NL003
kEH_JSesh	NL3