U+13323 "𓌣" Egyptian Hieroglyph T023 Unicode Character

U+13323 "𓌣" Egyptian Hieroglyph T023 is a symbol from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script, belonging to Gardiner's sign list category T, which encompasses weapons, hunting, and butchery implements. This specific glyph depicts a curved throwing stick or boomerang, a tool historically used for hunting waterfowl in the marshy regions of the Nile Delta. In Egyptian writing, it serves as a determinative or ideograph in words related to throwing, hunting, or the act of striking, often appearing in religious or funerary texts to evoke scenes of the deceased triumphing over chaos or enemies.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13323
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph T023
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓌣
HTML Hex Encoding	𓌣
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x8C 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDF23
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013323
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udf23

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-13-054
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A rounded two-barbed arrowhead, with the point facing downwards.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	sn
kEH_UniK	T023
kEH_JSesh	T23
kEH_HG	T23
kEH_IFAO	424,3