U+13228 "𓈨" Egyptian Hieroglyph Nl008 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓈨

U+13228 "𓈨" Egyptian Hieroglyph Nl008 is a representation of a specific sign from the ancient Egyptian writing system, classified under Gardiner's sign list as part of the "N" category for sky, earth, and water symbols. This particular glyph is a determinative or ideogram for the concept of "land" or "ground," often depicted as a rectangle marked with a grid or crosshatched pattern to signify a cultivated field or plot of territory. In Egyptian texts, it was used in words related to geography, agriculture, or property, helping to clarify the meaning of adjacent phonetic signs. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for the digital preservation and study of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13228
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph Nl008
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓈨
HTML Hex Encoding	𓈨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x88 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDE28
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013228
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\ude28

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	T-13-072
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	An one-barbed harpoon, with handle, written horizontally (T21), on top of a crescent moon shape, connected by three lines, in front of a spear made into a standard, with a circle on either side of the spear tip, with a loop over the standard (Jsesh/Gardiner R15); on top of a standard used for carrying religious symbols (R12), written on top of a parcel of land with irrigation ditches (N24).
kEH_Func	Logogram (8th nome of Lower Egypt)
kEH_FVal	wꜥ-m-ḥww-ꞽꜣb.ty
kEH_UniK	NL008
kEH_JSesh	NL8