U+13355 "𓍕" Egyptian Hieroglyph U031 Unicode Character

U+13355 "𓍕" Egyptian Hieroglyph U031 is a hieroglyphic sign from the Egyptian script representing a schematic depiction of a sheep or goat, often used as a determinative or ideograph for concepts related to livestock or specific animals in ancient Egyptian writing. It belongs to the category of animals and parts of animals in Gardiner's sign list, specifically numbered U31 in the "animals" group. This character was encoded in Unicode's Egyptian Hieroglyphs block to support the digital representation of classical Egyptian texts, allowing for accurate preservation and analysis of inscriptions from monuments, papyri, and other archaeological sources. Its use primarily appears in religious, administrative, and literary contexts from the Old Kingdom through the Ptolemaic period, contributing to the broader understanding of Egyptian iconography and phonetics when paired with other signs.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13355
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph U031
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓍕
HTML Hex Encoding	𓍕
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x8D 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDF55
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013355
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udf55

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-20-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A baker's raker or two crossed castanet sticks.
kEH_Func	Classifier to restrain
kEH_FVal	rtḥ
kEH_UniK	U031
kEH_JSesh	U31
kEH_HG	U31
kEH_NoRotate	Yes