U+1303B "𓀻" Egyptian Hieroglyph A050 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓀻

U+1303B "𓀻" Egyptian Hieroglyph A050 is a representation of a seated figure from the ancient Egyptian writing system, part of the Gardiner sign list under the category of men and their occupations. This specific glyph depicts a man with his hand to his mouth, a posture commonly associated with the act of eating, drinking, or speaking, and it phonetically represents the consonant value "b." As a logogram and determinative in Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, it was used to convey the concept of nourishment and related actions, often appearing in words like "bʒ" meaning "soul" or "ba." Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for digital preservation and typing of this ancient script, supporting scholarly research and modern communication of Egyptological content.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1303B
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph A050
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓀻
HTML Hex Encoding	𓀻
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x80 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDC3B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001303B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udc3b

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-25-032
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Man, with short straight beard, seated on a chair, no arms visible.
kEH_Func	Logogram (to be noble)
kEH_FVal	špsꞽ
kEH_UniK	A050
kEH_JSesh	A50
kEH_HG	A50
kEH_IFAO	37,16