U+1303D "𓀽" Egyptian Hieroglyph A052 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓀽

U+1303D "𓀽" Egyptian Hieroglyph A052 is a pictographic symbol from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, representing a seated man with his hand to his mouth, which is conventionally interpreted as the glyph for "to eat," "to speak," or "to think," often serving as a determinative in words related to these concepts. It belongs to Category A, which comprises images of human figures and occupations, and was used in ancient Egyptian writing as a logogram or semantic indicator rather than a phonetic sign. This specific character was encoded in Unicode version 5.2 released in 2009, allowing modern digital texts to include this historical symbol for accurate representation of ancient Egyptian language and culture.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1303D
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph A052
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓀽
HTML Hex Encoding	𓀽
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x80 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDC3D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001303D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udc3d

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-31-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Man, seated, both knees down, with short straight beard, both arms forward, forearms horizontal, one above the other, holding a flagellum (S45).
kEH_Func	Classifier name (deceased person)
kEH_UniK	A052
kEH_JSesh	A52
kEH_HG	A52
kEH_IFAO	46,11