U+1308F "𓂏" Egyptian Hieroglyph D025 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓂏

U+1308F "𓂏" Egyptian Hieroglyph D025 is a representation of the forearm or upper limb holding a conical loaf, commonly known by the Gardiner sign D25, and it belongs to the category of parts of the human body. This specific hieroglyph was used in ancient Egyptian writing to denote the phonetic value "k?," helping to spell words related to actions like embracing or protecting, and it often appears in religious or funerary texts. As part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block added to Unicode in 2009, this character allows for the accurate digital representation and study of one of the world’s oldest writing systems on modern computing platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1308F
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph D025
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓂏
HTML Hex Encoding	𓂏
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x82 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDC8F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001308F
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udc8f

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-13-004
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The upper and lower lips of a human, with teeth.
kEH_Func	Logogram (lips)
kEH_FVal	sp.ty
kEH_UniK	D025
kEH_JSesh	D25
kEH_HG	D25
kEH_IFAO	101,11