U+13462 "𓑢" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓑢

U+13462 "𓑢" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific code point in the Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block, intended for use in the digital representation of ancient Egyptian writing. It functions as a formatting character known as "quadrat disjoining operator horizontically" or a similar control, meaning it is not a visible hieroglyph itself but rather a non-printing marker that helps software accurately arrange adjacent hieroglyphic signs into their traditional rectangular blocks called quadrats. This control character instructs rendering systems to break a line of hieroglyphs between two signs within the same quadrat, allowing precise layout for complex inscriptions that does not rely on visible glyphs.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13462
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	𓑢
HTML Hex Encoding	𓑢
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x91 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDC62
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013462
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udc62

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-01-004
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Man, seated, right knee raised, right foot in front of the left knee, left foot horizontal, right arm raised in front, left arm in front of the body.
kEH_Func	Logogram (first person singular)
kEH_FVal	ꞽ
kEH_UniK	A001H