U+13253 "𓉓" Egyptian Hieroglyph O003 Unicode Character

U+13253 "𓉓" Egyptian Hieroglyph O003 is a pictographic sign from the ancient Egyptian writing system, representing a structure typically identified as a reed shelter or a primitive hut made from bundled plants, which in the Gardiner sign list is categorized under the section for buildings and parts of buildings. This hieroglyph was used in the Old Kingdom period onward as a logogram or determinative in words related to dwellings, sanctuaries, or the concept of a place, often appearing in religious and funerary texts to denote a sacred or enclosed space. Its inclusion in Unicode through the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block enables digital representation and study of this symbol, preserving the visual and linguistic heritage of one of the world's earliest written languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13253
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph O003
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓉓
HTML Hex Encoding	𓉓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x89 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDE53
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013253
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\ude53

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	O-01-054
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	An oar, written vertically (P8), intruding with the top inside a house or enclosure (O1), with a loaf of bread, without internal detail (X3) left of the oar, and a beer-jug (W22) right of the oar.
kEH_Func	Logogram (invocation offering)
kEH_FVal	pr.t-ḫrw
kEH_UniK	O003
kEH_JSesh	O3
kEH_HG	O3