U+1331E "𓌞" Egyptian Hieroglyph T018 Unicode Character

U+1331E "𓌞" Egyptian Hieroglyph T018 is a representation of an ancient Egyptian symbol from the Gardiner sign list, specifically categorized under the "T" section for military, hunting, and butchery equipment, depicting a bow or archer's weapon. This hieroglyph functioned as a logogram for the word "pḏt" meaning "bow" or "nine" in certain numerical contexts, and it also served as a determinative in words related to archery or warfare. In the hieroglyphic writing system, T018 was used in religious and funerary texts, such as the Book of the Dead, where it could symbolize strength, precision, or the concept of divine judgment, as bows were associated with the warrior goddess Neith and the act of shooting arrows to defeat chaos. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation and study of Egyptian writing across modern computing platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1331E
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph T018
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓌞
HTML Hex Encoding	𓌞
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x8C 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDF1E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001331E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udf1e

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	T-12-002
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A shepherd's crook with a package lashed to it, with a tie above and below the package.
kEH_Func	Logogram (follower, retainer)
kEH_FVal	šms.w
kEH_UniK	T018
kEH_JSesh	T18
kEH_HG	T18
kEH_IFAO	421,5