U+1326A "𓉪" Egyptian Hieroglyph O016 Unicode Character

U+1326A "𓉪" Egyptian Hieroglyph O016 is a visual representation from the ancient Egyptian writing system, specifically classified under the Gardiner sign list's O category for buildings and parts of buildings. This particular glyph depicts a stylized double or composite enclosure, often interpreted as a palace facade, a sacred booth, or the side view of a building with a distinct, recessed paneled design. As a logogram or determinative in hieroglyphic texts, it was used to write words related to structures, estates, or divine spaces, most notably the word for "palace" (pr-aA) or the name of the temple enclosure. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard since version 5.2 allows for accurate digital representation and study of this ancient script across modern computational platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1326A
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph O016
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓉪
HTML Hex Encoding	𓉪
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x89 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDE6A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001326A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\ude6a

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-08-014
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A plan and façade of a hall, with a cornice with Uraei on top, with half orientated forwards and half orientated backwards.
kEH_Func	Logogram (portal, portico)
kEH_FVal	sbḫ.t
kEH_UniK	O016