U+130A3 "𓂣" Egyptian Hieroglyph D042 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓂣

U+130A3 "𓂣" Egyptian Hieroglyph D042 is a sign from the Gardiner sign list’s category D, which represents parts of the human body, specifically depicting a pair of arms and hands with an object held between them, often interpreted as a stick or a tool. This glyph, known in transliteration as "mdw" or "md," carries the meaning of "staff" or "scepter" and is a common determinative in words related to authority, support, or measuring, such as in the word for "staff" itself. It appears in ancient Egyptian inscriptions from the Old Kingdom onward, frequently used in religious and funerary texts to symbolize power or the act of holding.

General Properties

Code Point	U+130A3
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph D042
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓂣
HTML Hex Encoding	𓂣
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x82 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDCA3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000130A3
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udca3

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-25-017
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A forearm, with the palm of the hand downwards, upper arm vertical.
kEH_Func	Logogram (cubit)
kEH_FVal	mḥ
kEH_UniK	D042
kEH_JSesh	D42
kEH_HG	D42
kEH_IFAO	111,13