U+13345 "𓍅" Egyptian Hieroglyph U017 Unicode Character

U+13345 "𓍅" Egyptian Hieroglyph U017 is a sign from the ancient Egyptian writing system, classified under the category of "U" for tools and implements. This specific glyph represents a "fire drill" or "bow drill," a device used in antiquity for starting fires by rapidly rotating a wooden stick against a fireboard. It belongs to the Gardiner's sign list as U017 and is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, allowing for digital representation and study of this historical symbol, which in the context of Egyptian texts would typically be employed both as a logogram for concepts related to fire and as a phonetic complement.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13345
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph U017
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓍅
HTML Hex Encoding	𓍅
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x8D 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDF45
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013345
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udf45

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	U-07-002
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A hoe or pick excavating a rectangular pool, with the handle angling downwards.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	grg
kEH_UniK	U017
kEH_JSesh	U17
kEH_HG	U17
kEH_IFAO	394,5