U+13053 "𓁓" Egyptian Hieroglyph B004 Unicode Character

U+13053 "𓁓" Egyptian Hieroglyph B004 is a glyph representing a seated woman with a distinguishing conical or rounded object on her head, often interpreted as a placenta or a specific headdress. It belongs to the Gardiner sign list category B, which includes female figures and related concepts. This hieroglyph is typically used in ancient Egyptian writing to denote a woman, or more specifically, to convey maternal or feminine notions in textual contexts. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for digital representation and study of this ancient symbol across modern platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13053
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph B004
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓁓
HTML Hex Encoding	𓁓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x81 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDC53
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013053
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udc53

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	B-09-004
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Woman, pregnant, seated, both knees down, right arm forward, angling down towards the knee, left arm hanging beside the body, with three vertical lines coming from the legs.
kEH_Func	Classifier birth
kEH_FVal	msꞽ
kEH_UniK	B004
kEH_JSesh	B4
kEH_HG	B4