U+1311A "𓄚" Egyptian Hieroglyph F026 Unicode Character

U+1311A "𓄚" Egyptian Hieroglyph F026 is a representation from the Gardiner sign list, specifically depicting the head and upper body of a hippopotamus, often associated with the goddess Taweret, a protective deity of childbirth and fertility. This glyph belongs to the category of mammals or animal parts and was used in ancient Egyptian writing to phonetically represent the sound "ḫ" or to function as a determinative for words related to hippopotami or the goddess herself. As part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in Unicode, this character allows for digital transcription and study of ancient texts, preserving the visual form of a symbol deeply rooted in Egyptian mythology and daily life.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1311A
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph F026
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓄚
HTML Hex Encoding	𓄚
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x84 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDD1A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001311A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udd1a

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	F-20-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The skin of a goat.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ẖn
kEH_UniK	F026
kEH_JSesh	F26
kEH_HG	F26
kEH_IFAO	161,1