U+13082 "𓂂" Egyptian Hieroglyph D012 Unicode Character

U+13082 "𓂂" Egyptian Hieroglyph D012 is a visual sign from the Gardiner sign list representing a mouth, specifically classified under the category of parts of the human body, and is most commonly used as a phonetic complement or biliteral sign for the sound "r" in the ancient Egyptian writing system, where it also functions ideographically to denote the concept of speech or utterance. This glyph originates from the Middle Kingdom period and appears in religious and funerary texts, often inscribed in tombs and on papyri, where it symbolized the organ of speech and, by extension, the power of spoken words in magical and ritual contexts. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for modern digital representation and academic study of Egyptian hieroglyphs without requiring specialized fonts, preserving the nuanced meaning of this ancient symbol for contemporary linguistic and historical research.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13082
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph D012
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓂂
HTML Hex Encoding	𓂂
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x82 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDC82
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013082
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udc82

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-09-002
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The pupil of an eye.
kEH_Func	Classifier pupil
kEH_FVal	ḏfḏ
kEH_UniK	D012
kEH_JSesh	D12
kEH_HG	D12
kEH_IFAO	99,8