U+13163 "𓅣" Egyptian Hieroglyph G031 Unicode Character

U+13163 "𓅣" Egyptian Hieroglyph G031 is a representation of a specific avian sign from the ancient Egyptian writing system, classified under Gardiner’s sign list as G31, which typically depicts a bird with distinctive tail feathers and is often phonetically associated with the sound “bȝ” or used as a determinative in words related to birds or the ba soul. This hieroglyph is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block of the Unicode Standard, encoded for digital use to accurately preserve and display the historical script of ancient Egypt, enabling scholars and enthusiasts to include this symbol in modern text without relying on images or specialized fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13163
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph G031
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓅣
HTML Hex Encoding	𓅣
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x85 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDD63
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013163
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udd63

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-11-050
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A gray heron (Ardea cinerea).
kEH_Func	Classifier heron
kEH_FVal	bnw
kEH_UniK	G031
kEH_JSesh	G31
kEH_HG	G31
kEH_IFAO	181,7