U+1302D "𓀭" Egyptian Hieroglyph A040 Unicode Character

U+1302D "𓀭" Egyptian Hieroglyph A040 is a representation of a seated god or deity, often used in ancient Egyptian writing to denote divinity or a divine figure within the broader Gardiner sign list’s category A for man and his occupations. This hieroglyph depicts a male figure in a seated posture, typically with a beard and a long wig or headdress, and it was commonly employed in religious and funerary texts to signify the word "netjer" meaning god. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital preservation and accurate rendering of ancient Egyptian scripts, facilitating scholarly research and modern typographic use of this significant cultural symbol.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1302D
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph A040
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓀭
HTML Hex Encoding	𓀭
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x80 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDC2D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001302D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udc2d

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-26-005
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	God, seated, both knees up, with covered legs and arms, with a long-curved beard and long wig.
kEH_Func	Classifier divinity
kEH_UniK	A040
kEH_JSesh	A40
kEH_IFAO	38,9