U+1303F "𓀿" Egyptian Hieroglyph A054 Unicode Character

U+1303F "𓀿" Egyptian Hieroglyph A054 is a pictographic symbol from the ancient Egyptian writing system, specifically categorized under the Gardiner sign list as belonging to class A, which depicts seated male figures or human activities. This particular glyph represents a man with his hand to his mouth, commonly interpreted as the determinative or phonetic sign for concepts related to eating, drinking, speaking, or feelings such as hunger and thirst. It was used in Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions to clarify the meaning of adjacent phonetic signs, helping to define the semantic category of the word. The character is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in Unicode, encoded for digital representation of ancient texts to support scholarly study and preservation of the language.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1303F
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph A054
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓀿
HTML Hex Encoding	𓀿
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x80 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDC3F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001303F
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udc3f

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-32-007
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A mummy with a long-curved beard, lying horizontally.
kEH_Func	Classifier body/corpse/death
kEH_UniK	A054
kEH_JSesh	A54
kEH_HG	A54
kEH_IFAO	47,6
kEH_NoRotate	Yes