U+1327C "𓉼" Egyptian Hieroglyph O029A Unicode Character

U+1327C "𓉼" Egyptian Hieroglyph O029A is a sign from the Gardiner sign list, specifically classified under category O for buildings, parts of buildings, and similar structures. This particular glyph depicts a reed shelter or a small canopy, often interpreted as a primitive hut or a temporary structure made from bundled reeds, which in ancient Egyptian texts and iconography could represent a simple building, a shrine, or a place of shelter. It belongs to the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in the Unicode standard and was introduced to facilitate digital representation of ancient Egyptian writing, allowing for accurate transcription and study of this historical script in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1327C
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph O029A
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓉼
HTML Hex Encoding	𓉼
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x89 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDE7C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001327C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\ude7c

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-16-022
kEH_Core	L
kEH_Desc	A wooden column, written vertically.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ꜥꜣ
kEH_UniK	O029A
kEH_JSesh	O29v
kEH_HG	O29v
kEH_IFAO	315,14
kEH_AltSeq	1327B FE00