U+130C8 "𓃈" Egyptian Hieroglyph D066 Unicode Character

U+130C8 "𓃈" Egyptian Hieroglyph D066 is a pictographic symbol from the ancient Egyptian writing system, specifically classified under the category of body parts (specifically the head and parts of the head) and is known as the "tethering rope" or "cow's tether" sign. It visually depicts a short, looped rope or tether, often associated with the concept of binding or securing animals, and in transliteration it represents the phonetic value "t" or "tw" depending on context, serving as both an ideogram and a phonogram in Egyptian texts. This character is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in Unicode, allowing for its digital representation and use in modern typography for academic, historical, or decorative purposes.

General Properties

Code Point	U+130C8
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph D066
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓃈
HTML Hex Encoding	𓃈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x83 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDCC8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000130C8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udcc8

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-26-022
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	An arm, bent at the elbow, forearm nearly horizontal, hand held like a fist, with a stylus angled over the tip of the fist.
kEH_Func	Classifier to engrave
kEH_FVal	wdꞽ
kEH_UniK	D066
kEH_JSesh	D66 D245
kEH_IFAO	113,15