U+13173 "𓅳" Egyptian Hieroglyph G044 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓅳

U+13173 "𓅳" Egyptian Hieroglyph G044 is a representation from the ancient Egyptian writing system, specifically depicting a long-legged bird with a distinctive crest or tuft on its head, often identified as a member of the heron or ibis family. This hieroglyph belongs to the category of birds in Gardiner's sign list (G044) and typically carries phonetic or ideographic value, commonly associated with the sound "ba" or used to represent the "ba" spirit, a key concept in Egyptian religious thought concerning the soul's mobility. It appears in religious and funerary texts, such as the Book of the Dead, where it symbolizes the soul's ability to travel and its connection to the afterlife. The sign is encoded in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block of the Unicode standard, allowing for its digital representation and study in modern contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13173
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph G044
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓅳
HTML Hex Encoding	𓅳
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x85 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDD73
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013173
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udd73

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-03-003
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Two quail chicks (Coturnix coturnix), overlapping each other.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ww
kEH_UniK	G044
kEH_JSesh	G44
kEH_HG	G44
kEH_IFAO	171,11