U+130D4 "𓃔" Egyptian Hieroglyph E003 Unicode Character

U+130D4 "𓃔" Egyptian Hieroglyph E003 is a representation from the Gardiner sign list, specifically depicting a small bird, often identified as a quail chick or similar fledgling, used in ancient Egyptian writing as a uniliteral sign for the sound "w" or "u." This glyph belongs to the category of birds in the hieroglyphic script and appears in religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and funerary papyri, where it served both phonetic and logographic roles. As part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in Unicode, it enables digital preservation and study of this ancient writing system, allowing modern scholars and enthusiasts to include the symbol in electronic texts and analyses without relying on images or manual transcription.

General Properties

Code Point	U+130D4
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph E003
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓃔
HTML Hex Encoding	𓃔
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x83 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDCD4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000130D4
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udcd4

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	E-25-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A calf, standing.
kEH_Func	Classifier calf
kEH_FVal	bḥs
kEH_UniK	E003
kEH_JSesh	E3
kEH_HG	E3
kEH_IFAO	145,4