U+1328D "𓊍" Egyptian Hieroglyph O040 Unicode Character

U+1328D "𓊍" Egyptian Hieroglyph O040 is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block and represents the Gardiner sign for a specific type of architectural structure or room, often associated with the concept of a shrine or a chapel in ancient Egyptian texts. Depicted as a simplified, stylized building with a curved roof and open front, this glyph was used in logographic or determinative contexts to denote words related to sacred enclosures or religious buildings. Like all Egyptian hieroglyphs, it functioned within a complex writing system that combined phonetic sounds with semantic symbols, and its inclusion in Unicode enables modern digital preservation and study of ancient Egyptian language and culture.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1328D
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph O040
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓊍
HTML Hex Encoding	𓊍
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x8A 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDE8D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001328D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\ude8d

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-20-003
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A stairway.
kEH_Func	Logogram stairway
kEH_FVal	rwd
kEH_UniK	O040
kEH_JSesh	O40
kEH_HG	O40
kEH_IFAO	319,8