U+130B6 "𓂶" Egyptian Hieroglyph D050I Unicode Character

U+130B6 "𓂶" Egyptian Hieroglyph D050I is a sign from the Gardiner sign list classified under the "Parts of the Body" category, primarily depicting a schematic representation of a mouth or lips, often associated with the concepts of speech, consumption, or the action of eating and drinking in ancient Egyptian writing. This hieroglyph functions both as a logogram representing the word "r" meaning mouth or speech, and as a phonetic complement for related sounds, appearing in inscriptions on monuments, papyri, and tomb walls as part of the rich visual language used to record religious texts, royal decrees, and everyday affairs. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for digital preservation and accurate representation of this ancient symbol across modern electronic texts and databases, facilitating scholarly research and cultural heritage projects.

General Properties

Code Point	U+130B6
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph D050I
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓂶
HTML Hex Encoding	𓂶
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x82 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDCB6
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000130B6
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udcb6

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-30-016
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Func	\50000
kEH_UniK	D050I