U+13300 Egyptian Hieroglyph S040
U+13300 was added in Unicode version 5.2 in 2009. It belongs to the block
This character is a Other Letter and is mainly used in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs script.
The glyph is not a composition. It has no designated width in East Asian texts. In bidirectional text it is written from left to right. When changing direction it is not mirrored. The word that U+13300 forms with similar adjacent characters prevents a line break inside it.
The Unikemet database provides additional information about this hieroglyph. It is described there as βA sceptre with a straight shaft, a forked base, topped with the head of the Seth animal.β.
The Wikipedia has the following information about this codepoint:
The was (Egyptian wκ£s "power, dominion") sceptre is a symbol that appeared often in relics, art, and hieroglyphs associated with the ancient Egyptian religion. It appears as a stylized animal head at the top of a long, straight staff with a forked end.
Was sceptres were used as symbols of power or dominion, and were associated with ancient Egyptian deities such as Set or Anubis as well as with the pharaoh. Was sceptres also represent the Set animal or Khnum. In later use, it was a symbol of control over the force of chaos that Set represented.
In a funerary context, the was sceptre was responsible for the well-being of the deceased and was thus sometimes included in the tomb-equipment or in the decoration of the tomb or coffin. The sceptre is also considered an amulet. The Egyptians perceived the sky as being supported on four pillars, which could have the shape of the was. This sceptre was also the symbol of the fourth Upper Egyptian nome, the nome of Thebes (called wκ£st in Egyptian).
Was sceptres were depicted as being carried by gods, pharaohs, and priests. They commonly occur in paintings, drawings, and carvings of gods, and often parallel with emblems such as the ankh and the djed-pillar. Remnants of physical was sceptres have been found. They are constructed of faience or wood, where the head and forked tail of the Set animal are visible. The earliest examples date to the First Dynasty.
The Was (wκ£s) is the Egyptian hieroglyph character representing power.
Representations
System | Representation |
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NΒΊ | 78592 |
UTF-8 | F0 93 8C 80 |
UTF-16 | D8 0C DF 00 |
UTF-32 | 00 01 33 00 |
URL-Quoted | %F0%93%8C%80 |
HTML hex reference | 𓌀 |
Wrong windows-1252 Mojibake | Γ°βΕβ¬ |
Encoding: GB18030 (hex bytes) | 91 30 AE 36 |
Elsewhere
Complete Record
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EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH S040 | |
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kEH_Cat | S-23-001 |
kEH_Core | C |
kEH_Desc | A sceptre with a straight shaft, a forked base, topped with the head of the Seth animal. |
kEH_Func | Phonemogram |
kEH_FVal | wua723s |
kEH_UniK | S040 |
kEH_JSesh | S40 |
kEH_HG | S40 |
kEH_IFAO | 384,11 |