U+13428 "𓐨" Egyptian Hieroglyph Aa026 Unicode Character

U+13428 "𓐨" Egyptian Hieroglyph Aa026 is a specific sign within the vast repertoire of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, representing a detail of a bird or a part of a ceremonial standard often associated with the concept of "opening" or "revealing" in religious and funerary texts. Classified under Gardiner's sign list as Aa026, this glyph typically appears in inscriptions as a phonetic complement or ideogram, particularly in the context of the "Opening of the Mouth" ritual, where it symbolized the act of animating statues or the deceased. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and scholarly study of this intricate writing system, enabling modern researchers to accurately transcribe and share ancient Egyptian texts without relying on specialized fonts or images.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13428
Version Added	5.2
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph Aa026
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓐨
HTML Hex Encoding	𓐨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x90 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDC28
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013428
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udc28

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	AA-22-004
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A pole with a hook at the front to which one binds an enemy.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	sbꞽ
kEH_UniK	AA026
kEH_JSesh	Aa26
kEH_HG	AA26