U+132B6 "𓊶" Egyptian Hieroglyph R005 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓊶

U+132B6 "𓊶" Egyptian Hieroglyph R005 is a graphic symbol from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block used in ancient Egyptian writing, specifically classified under Gardiner's sign list as category R for temple furniture and sacred emblems. This particular hieroglyph depicts a stylized representation of a woven mat or a lattice structure, often associated with the concept of an altar or a place of offering. In the context of the Egyptian language, it served as a determinative or an ideogram for words related to sacred spaces, ritual purity, or objects used in religious ceremonies, helping to clarify the meaning of the adjacent phonetic signs. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard enables modern digital texts to accurately represent this ancient script for scholarly work, historical reenactment, and cultural preservation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+132B6
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph R005
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓊶
HTML Hex Encoding	𓊶
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x8A 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDEB6
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000132B6
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udeb6

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	R-05-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A censer for fumigation, written horizontally, with a forward, downward line at the front.
kEH_Func	Classifier fumigation/censing
kEH_FVal	kꜣp
kEH_UniK	R005
kEH_JSesh	R5
kEH_HG	R5
kEH_IFAO	351,14