U+1349C "𓒜" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓒜

U+1349C "𓒜" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script, part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in Unicode, which was added to the standard to enable digital representation of this historic writing system. This particular hieroglyph belongs to the Gardiner sign list categories, often related to specific phonetic sounds or ideographic concepts from the Middle Egyptian language, though its exact meaning depends on its context within a given inscription. Its inclusion in Unicode allows scholars, linguists, and enthusiasts to accurately encode and share ancient Egyptian texts in digital formats, preserving the cultural and linguistic heritage of one of humanity's earliest written languages. The character is rendered with a unique shape that reflects the stylized pictorial nature of hieroglyphs, which were used for religious, administrative, and monumental purposes along the Nile over four thousand years ago.

General Properties

Code Point U+1349C
Version Added 16.0
Name Egyptian Hieroglyph-#
Block Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𓒜
HTML Hex Encoding 𓒜
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x93 0x92 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD80D 0xDC9C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001349C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud80d\udc9c

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 A-02-037
kEH_Core C
kEH_Desc Man, standing, right arm raised in front, hand palm outwards, left arm at 45 degree downwards at the front.
kEH_Func Logogram (to bend)
kEH_FVal áļģęœĨáļĨ
kEH_UniK A083B
kEH_IFAO 5,6