U+131A3 "𓆣" Egyptian Hieroglyph L001 Unicode Character

U+131A3 "𓆣" Egyptian Hieroglyph L001 is a representation of a scarab beetle, an iconic symbol in ancient Egyptian culture associated with the god Khepri, who was believed to roll the sun across the sky like a dung beetle pushes its ball of dung. This hieroglyph was commonly used in Egyptian writing to convey the idea of becoming, existence, or transformation, reflecting the beetle's perceived powers of rebirth and regeneration. It belongs to the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in Unicode, specifically categorized under the "L" group for insects and amphibians, and serves as a digital encoding of a sign that dates back to the earliest stages of Egyptian script.

General Properties

Code Point	U+131A3
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph L001
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓆣
HTML Hex Encoding	𓆣
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x86 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDDA3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000131A3
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udda3

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	L-01-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A dung beetle, scarab (scarabaeus sacer).
kEH_Func	Logogram (to become)
kEH_FVal	ḫpr
kEH_UniK	L001
kEH_JSesh	L1
kEH_HG	L1
kEH_IFAO	229,1