U+13078 "𓁸" Egyptian Hieroglyph D003 Unicode Character

U+13078 "𓁸" Egyptian Hieroglyph D003 is a symbol from the Gardiner sign list, specifically classified under the category of parts of the human body, depicting a stylized representation of a human face in profile. This particular hieroglyph belongs to the set of signs used in ancient Egyptian writing, where it typically functions as a determinative or ideograph for concepts related to the face, countenance, or front. In the context of the Egyptian language, it could be employed in spelling words involving vision, appearance, or spatial orientation, as the face was a key symbol for direction and perception. The character is encoded in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block of the Unicode Standard, ensuring its digital preservation for scholarly work, linguistic research, and cultural heritage documentation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13078
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph D003
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓁸
HTML Hex Encoding	𓁸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x81 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDC78
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013078
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udc78

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	D-04-004
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A lock of hair with three strands.
kEH_Func	Classifier hair
kEH_UniK	D003
kEH_JSesh	D3
kEH_HG	D3