U+1309E "𓂞" Egyptian Hieroglyph D037 Unicode Character

U+1309E "𓂞" Egyptian Hieroglyph D037 is a visual representation from the Gardiner sign list, specifically classified under category D for parts of the human body. This hieroglyph depicts a human mouth and is commonly used in ancient Egyptian writing as a phonetic sign for the consonant "r" or as a determinative in words related to speech, eating, or the mouth itself. It forms an essential part of the Egyptian hieroglyphic script, which was used for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records from around 3200 BCE onward. The inclusion of this character in the Unicode Standard allows for its accurate digital representation, enabling modern scholars and enthusiasts to preserve, study, and share ancient Egyptian language and culture in electronic texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1309E
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph D037
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓂞
HTML Hex Encoding	𓂞
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x82 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDC9E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001309E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udc9e

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-24-002
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A forearm with the hand holding a conical loaf of bread (X8).
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ḏꞽ > dꞽ
kEH_UniK	D037
kEH_JSesh	D37
kEH_HG	D37
kEH_IFAO	110,1