U+1303A "𓀺" Egyptian Hieroglyph A049 Unicode Character

U+1303A "𓀺" Egyptian Hieroglyph A049 is a glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, specifically categorized under the Gardiner sign list as A049, which depicts a seated man with his hand to his mouth, a common posture often interpreted as the determinative for concepts related to eating, drinking, speaking, or thinking in ancient Egyptian writing. This hieroglyph functioned ideographically or as a phonetic complement within the logographic script, typically representing the biliteral sound "r" or serving as a classifier in words involving these actions. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital representation and study of one of humanity's earliest writing systems, preserving the cultural and linguistic heritage of ancient Egypt for modern scholars, linguists, and enthusiasts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1303A
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph A049
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓀺
HTML Hex Encoding	𓀺
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x80 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDC3A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001303A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udc3a

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-13-032
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Man, seated, both knees up, with covered legs and arms, with a short bushy beard and short hair/wig, holding a stick which angles slightly towards the body.
kEH_Func	Classifier foreigner
kEH_UniK	A049
kEH_JSesh	A49