U+131A4 "𓆤" Egyptian Hieroglyph L002 Unicode Character

U+131A4 "𓆤" Egyptian Hieroglyph L002 is a representation from the Egyptian Hieroglyph category, specifically depicting the dorsal fin of a fish, often translated phonetically as "ꜥd" or associated with the sound "ad". This glyph was used in ancient Egyptian writing as a uniliteral sign for the consonant combination or as a determinative in words related to the concept of "ad" or "flourishing," and it belongs to the L group signifying aquatic creatures. Its inclusion in Unicode under the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block allows for the accurate digital representation of such historical writing systems, preserving the visual and linguistic significance of this specific hieroglyph in modern text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+131A4
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph L002
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓆤
HTML Hex Encoding	𓆤
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x86 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDDA4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000131A4
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udda4

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-02-002
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A bee.
kEH_Func	Logogram (king of Lower Egypt)
kEH_FVal	bꞽ.ty
kEH_UniK	L002
kEH_JSesh	L2
kEH_HG	L2
kEH_IFAO	230,4