U+13444 "𓑄" Egyptian Hieroglyph Half Lost Sign Unicode Character

U+13444 "𓑄" Egyptian Hieroglyph Half Lost Sign is a specialized notation used in Egyptological transcription to indicate that a hieroglyphic text is partially destroyed, specifically that only half of a particular sign or a section of a sign group is missing or illegible, as opposed to a completely lost or fully present glyph. This character belongs to the Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block, which provides fine-grained markup for scholars to faithfully represent fragmentary inscriptions on stelae, papyri, or temple walls. Unlike generic placeholder symbols, this sign allows precise documentation of the spatial extent of damage, helping to reconstruct ancient texts with greater accuracy in digital editions and academic publications.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13444
Version Added	15.0
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph Half Lost Sign
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓑄
HTML Hex Encoding	𓑄
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x91 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDC44
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013444
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udc44

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

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