Dieses Zeichen ist ein Other Letter und wird hauptsächlich in der Schrift ägyptischen Hieroglyphen verwendet.
Das Zeichen ist keine Zusammensetzung. Es hat keine zugewiesene Weite in ostasiatischen Texten. In bidirektionalem Text wird es von links nach rechts geschrieben. Bei einem Richtungswechsel wird es nicht gespiegelt. Das Wort, das U+1334D mit ähnlichen Zeichen bildet, verbietet in sich Zeilenumbrüche.
Die Unikemet-Datenbank bietet weitere Informationen zu dieser Hieroglyphe. It is described there as “A drill, with a half-circle handle, with a backwards tick on top of the handle, with a forked drill-bit with a horizontal line on top of the forked drill-bit, with a short vertical stroke next to the drill, connected to the handle.”.
Die Wikipedia hat die folgende Information zu diesem Codepunkt:
The Hand drill is a hieroglyph, (and tool), used in ancient Egypt from the earliest dynasties. As a hieroglyph, it can also be used as a determinative for words related to the profession of vase, bowl, pot-making, etc., typically from fine-grained, colorful rare stone, for example unguent jars. The size of drills was small-to-large, small for small unguent jars, and large for more massive, grain-storing pottery. The original jars found in tombs were more often used for ceremonial usages, presumably the reason they are found as grave goods or tomb offerings.
A drill, with a half-circle handle, with a backwards tick on top of the handle, with a forked drill-bit with a horizontal line on top of the forked drill-bit, with a short vertical stroke next to the drill, connected to the handle.