U+1343C "𓐼" Egyptian Hieroglyph Begin Enclosure Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓐼

U+1343C "𓐼" Egyptian Hieroglyph Begin Enclosure is a control character used in the digital encoding of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, where it functions as a marker to indicate the start of an enclosed area, such as a cartouche or serekh, that groups a sequence of hieroglyphs together. This character is part of the larger Egyptian Hieroglyph block and is often paired with its counterpart, the End Enclosure, to define the boundaries of such visual groupings in electronic documents. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for more accurate representation of the original layout and segmentation found in historical inscriptions, aiding scholars and digital linguists in preserving and analyzing the syntactic structure of hieroglyphic writing.

General Properties

Code Point U+1343C
Version Added 15.0
Name Egyptian Hieroglyph Begin Enclosure
Block Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls
General Category Format
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𓐼
HTML Hex Encoding 𓐼
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x93 0x90 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD80D 0xDC3C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001343C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud80d\udc3c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Open Punctuation
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Script Extensions Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Cluster Break Control
Word Break Format
Sentence Break Format

Unikemet Data

kEH_Core N