U+133E7 "𓏧" Egyptian Hieroglyph Z002B Unicode Character

U+133E7 "𓏧" Egyptian Hieroglyph Z002B is a specific glyph from the Egyptian hieroglyphic script, representing the phonetic sound value of a "w" or "u" and belonging to the category of single-consonant signs. It visually depicts a quail chick, a common hieroglyph used both as a phonogram in writing words and as a determinative to clarify meaning, particularly in contexts involving small birds or the concept of smallness. This character is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in Unicode, standardized for digital representation of ancient Egyptian texts, and it corresponds to Gardiner's sign list G43, a key element in the study of Egyptian language and writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+133E7
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph Z002B
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓏧
HTML Hex Encoding	𓏧
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x8F 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80C 0xDFE7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000133E7
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80c\udfe7

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	Z-01-012
kEH_Core	C
kEH_UniK	Z002B
kEH_IFAO	274,1