U+13179 "𓅹" Egyptian Hieroglyph G049 Unicode Character

U+13179 "𓅹" Egyptian Hieroglyph G049 is a representation of a pintail duck from the Gardiner sign list, specifically classified under the category of birds (G). This hieroglyph was used in ancient Egyptian writing primarily as a determinative in words related to concepts of "son" or "child," reflecting the bird's phonetic value "zA" or "sa." Its depiction typically shows the duck in profile with distinct tail feathers, and it appears in religious, funerary, and administrative texts from the Middle Kingdom onward, serving as a visual symbol that conveys familial relationships through the natural world.