U+13149 "𓅉" Egyptian Hieroglyph G008 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓅉

U+13149 "𓅉" Egyptian Hieroglyph G008 is a representation of an owl, specifically the African barn owl, and in the ancient Egyptian writing system it is used as a biliteral sign for the sounds "m" and "j" together (often transcribed as "mj" or "my"). This glyph, classified under Gardiner’s sign list as G008, belongs to the category of birds and carries both phonetic and symbolic significance, often appearing in inscriptions related to the verb "to love" ("meri") and forming part of divine or royal names. Its detailed depiction, with forward-facing eyes and a characteristic stance, reflects the Egyptians’ keen observation of nature and their integration of animal imagery into a complex system of writing and art.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13149
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph G008
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓅉
HTML Hex Encoding	𓅉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x85 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDD49
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013149
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udd49

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	G-12-148
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A falcon (G5), on top of a collar of beads (S12).
kEH_Func	Logogram (golden Horus)
kEH_FVal	ḥr-nbw
kEH_UniK	G008
kEH_JSesh	G8
kEH_HG	G8