U+13093 "𓂓" Egyptian Hieroglyph D028 Unicode Character

U+13093 "𓂓" Egyptian Hieroglyph D028 is a representation of a pair of arms and hands raised upward, known in the Gardiner sign list as D28, and it carries the phonetic value "ka" in the ancient Egyptian language. This hieroglyph is conceptually linked to the soul or life force, often interpreted as the "ka", one of the five components of the human spirit in Egyptian belief, symbolizing the vital essence or double that survives after death. It appears frequently in inscriptions and funerary texts, sometimes iconographically with the arms forming a gesture of embrace or protection.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13093
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph D028
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓂓
HTML Hex Encoding	𓂓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x82 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDC93
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013093
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udc93

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-18-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Two arms, raised upwards, with the forearms and hands vertical, hand palms inwards.
kEH_Func	Logogram (spirit, essence)
kEH_FVal	kꜣ
kEH_UniK	D028
kEH_JSesh	D28
kEH_HG	D28
kEH_IFAO	103,2