U+1343E "𓐾" Egyptian Hieroglyph Begin Walled Enclosure Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓐾

U+1343E "𓐾" Egyptian Hieroglyph Begin Walled Enclosure is a specific glyph used in ancient Egyptian writing, functioning as a graphic marker to denote the start of a walled or enclosed area within a larger hieroglyphic text. This character belongs to the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block of Unicode, which encodes the script used for religious, administrative, and monumental inscriptions from ancient Egypt. As a control or structural sign, it helps define spatial boundaries in complex compositions, such as those found on temple walls or papyri, where it indicates the beginning of a section enclosed by a wall or fence-like boundary. Its inclusion in Unicode allows digital preservation and scholarly analysis of these ancient texts, enabling researchers to accurately represent the layout and syntax of hieroglyphic writing in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+1343E
Version Added 15.0
Name Egyptian Hieroglyph Begin Walled 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 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD80D 0xDC3E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001343E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud80d\udc3e

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