U+13230 "𓈰" Egyptian Hieroglyph Nl016 Unicode Character

U+13230 "𓈰" Egyptian Hieroglyph Nl016 is a glyph from the Gardiner sign list representing a piece of land with water channels or a rectangular irrigation basin, a symbol commonly associated with the concept of a region, district, or nome in ancient Egyptian writing. This hieroglyph often appears in inscriptions to denote a territorial division or the fertile land of the Nile floodplain, and its inclusion in Unicode allows for accurate digital representation and study of Egyptian texts. As part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, it serves as a vital tool for scholars, linguists, and enthusiasts working to preserve and analyze the language and culture of ancient Egypt.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13230
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph Nl016
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓈰
HTML Hex Encoding	𓈰
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x88 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDE30
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013230
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\ude30

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	K-01-034
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A fish, with its tail orientated downwards (K4A), 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 (First-of-fishes nome (16th nome of Lower Egypt))
kEH_FVal	ḥꜣ.t-mḥ.yt
kEH_UniK	NL016
kEH_JSesh	NL16