U+13031 "𓀱" Egyptian Hieroglyph A042A Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓀱

U+13031 "𓀱" Egyptian Hieroglyph A042A is a specific glyph from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script, classified under the Gardiner sign list's category A for "Man and his occupations." This particular character depicts a seated man with his hand to his mouth, a posture commonly used to represent actions related to eating, drinking, or speaking. In the Egyptian writing system, it functions as a determinative or ideogram, often appearing in words associated with these concepts, such as "to eat" (wnm) or "to be silent" (gr). As part of the Unicode standard, its inclusion allows for digital representation and study of ancient Egyptian language, preserving the visual form and linguistic value of this symbol for modern use.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13031
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph A042A
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓀱
HTML Hex Encoding	𓀱
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x80 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDC31
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013031
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udc31

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-26-029
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	King, seated, both knees up, with covered legs and arms, with a long straight beard, wearing a coif with uraeus, holding a flagellum (S45) and crook (S38) with the opening inwards.
kEH_Func	Logogram (first person singular)
kEH_FVal	ꞽ
kEH_UniK	A042A
kEH_JSesh	A42B
kEH_HG	A42B
kEH_IFAO	39,14