U+1300A "𓀊" Egyptian Hieroglyph A008 Unicode Character

U+1300A "𓀊" Egyptian Hieroglyph A008 is a representation of a seated man with his hand to his mouth, an image commonly interpreted in ancient Egyptian writing as the biliteral sign for the sound "ir" or as a determinative for concepts related to speech, eating, or thinking. This specific glyph belongs to the category of human figures within the Gardiner sign list, where it is classified under category A for men and their occupations. In the context of Egyptian hieroglyphic script, it often appears in words associated with actions like "to speak" or "to be silent," reflecting its origin as a pictorial depiction of a man in a pose of reflection or consumption.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1300A
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph A008
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓀊
HTML Hex Encoding	𓀊
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x80 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDC0A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001300A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udc0a

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	A-01-059
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Man, seated, right knee raised, right arm angled in front of the body, left arm raised, hand held vertically, hand palm inwards (hnw gesture).
kEH_Func	Classifier joy/veneration
kEH_UniK	A008
kEH_JSesh	A8
kEH_IFAO	3,7