U+130D9 "𓃙" Egyptian Hieroglyph E008 Unicode Character

U+130D9 "𓃙" Egyptian Hieroglyph E008 is a pictographic glyph from the ancient Egyptian writing system, specifically classified under the category of mammals in Gardiner's sign list, where it depicts the head and forelegs of a lion or a similar large feline. This hieroglyph was used as a determinative in Egyptian texts to indicate words related to powerful predators or strength, and it also served phonetically to represent the consonant cluster "rw" in certain contexts. Found inscribed on temple walls, papyri, and funerary artifacts, this character contributes to the rich visual language of Egyptian hieroglyphs, offering insight into the symbolic and linguistic practices of a civilization that flourished along the Nile.

General Properties

Code Point	U+130D9
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph E008
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓃙
HTML Hex Encoding	𓃙
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x83 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDCD9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000130D9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udcd9

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-10-008
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A immature goat (kid).
kEH_Func	Logogram (kid)
kEH_FVal	ꞽb
kEH_UniK	E008
kEH_JSesh	E8
kEH_HG	E8