U+132C4 "𓋄" Egyptian Hieroglyph R017 Unicode Character

U+132C4 "𓋄" Egyptian Hieroglyph R017 is a representation from the Gardiner sign list, classified under category R for temple furniture and sacred emblems, specifically depicting a cloth wound on a pole, often interpreted as a standard or a cultic object associated with divine presence or ritual practice in ancient Egyptian writing. This sign carries phonetic values related to the word for "god" or "divine" in certain contexts, and it appears in inscriptions on temple walls, tomb decorations, and papyri, where it functioned both as a logogram and a determinative within the hieroglyphic script. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for accurate digital representation and research of ancient Egyptian texts, preserving the visual and linguistic heritage of one of the world's oldest writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+132C4
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph R017
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓋄
HTML Hex Encoding	𓋄
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x8B 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDEC4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000132C4
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udec4

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-14-024
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A wig with a fillet, with a headdress consisting of two plumes (S9), on top of a pole.
kEH_Func	Logogram (8th nome of Upper Egypt)
kEH_FVal	tꜣ-wr
kEH_UniK	R017
kEH_JSesh	R17
kEH_HG	R17