U+139AB "𓦫" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+139AB "𓦫" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A block, which encodes signs from the ancient Egyptian writing system used for religious texts, monuments, and administrative records. This specific character, identified by its Gardiner code after a standardized classification of hieroglyphs, represents a determinative or phonetic symbol often depicting a human figure in a seated posture with a hand to the mouth, typically associated with concepts of eating, speaking, or thinking. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates digital preservation and scholarly study of Egyptian artifacts, enabling representation of these ancient symbols in modern text by defining a unique numeric code for consistent display across platforms. The glyph shape may vary slightly depending on the font, but it maintains the essential visual features derived from New Kingdom or Ptolemaic period carvings.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𓦫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𓦫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x93 0xA6 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD80E 0xDDAB |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000139AB |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud80e\uddab |
Unicode Properties
Unikemet Data
| kEH_Cat |
D-19-023 |
| kEH_Core |
C |
| kEH_Desc |
Two arms, lowered, with the elbows bent outwards, and the palms of the hands facing each other (D32), with a vertical line of dots written between the arms. |
| kEH_Func |
Classifier to embrace |
| kEH_FVal |
ḥpt |
| kEH_UniK |
D198A |