U+13021 "𓀡" Egyptian Hieroglyph A029 Unicode Character

U+13021 "𓀡" Egyptian Hieroglyph A029 is a specific glyph from the Gardiner list, visually depicting a seated man with his hand to his mouth, a posture commonly used in Egyptian writing to represent the concept of eating, drinking, speaking, or thinking. In the ancient hieroglyphic script, this determinative character helped clarify the meaning of adjacent phonetic signs, often appearing in words such as "wnm" (to eat) or "wsh" (to drink). Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for the accurate digital representation and interchange of this historical symbol across modern computer systems, preserving a small but meaningful piece of the written language of ancient Egypt.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13021
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph A029
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓀡
HTML Hex Encoding	𓀡
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x80 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDC21
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013021
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udc21

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-03-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Man, upside-down, both arms raised at either side of the body, hand palms inwards.
kEH_Func	Classifier upside-down
kEH_FVal	sḫd
kEH_UniK	A029
kEH_JSesh	A29
kEH_HG	A29
kEH_IFAO	6,2
kEH_NoRotate	Yes