U+1312A "𓄪" Egyptian Hieroglyph F039 Unicode Character

U+1312A "𓄪" Egyptian Hieroglyph F039 is a representation from the Gardiner sign list, specifically depicting the head and foreleg of a sacrificed bull or cow, known as the "sacrificed foreleg" or "bull's head and foreleg" hieroglyph. This sign was used in ancient Egyptian writing primarily as a determinative in words related to offerings, slaughter, or the act of presenting food, and it frequently appears in funerary and ritual contexts to symbolize the provision of sustenance for the deceased. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital encoding of this historically significant symbol, preserving its use in academic text and modern digital representations of ancient Egyptian language.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1312A
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph F039
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓄪
HTML Hex Encoding	𓄪
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x84 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDD2A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001312A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udd2a

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-25-033
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A spine, with the spinal cord hanging out at the backside, with two blocks at the bottom.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ꞽmꜣḫ
kEH_UniK	F039
kEH_JSesh	F39
kEH_HG	F39
kEH_IFAO	167,2