U+1CEC1 "" Iris Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1CEC1 "" Iris is a relatively recent addition to the standard, having been encoded in Unicode version 15.0, which was released in September 2022. This character belongs to the Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A block, representing a specific hieroglyphic sign that depicts an iris, likely used in ancient Egyptian writing as a logogram or phonetic sign related to the concepts of sight, beauty, or the flower itself. Its inclusion in Unicode helps expand the digital representation of Egyptian hieroglyphs, allowing for more accurate scholarly research, transcription, and digital preservation of ancient texts and artifacts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CEC1 |
| Version Added | 17.0 |
| Name | Iris |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𜻁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𜻁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9C 0xBB 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD833 0xDEC1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001CEC1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud833\udec1 |
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 | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |