U+13466 "𓑦" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓑦

U+13466 "𓑦" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block, which was introduced in Unicode version 12.0 to support the digital representation of ancient Egyptian writing. This specific code point does not encode a standalone hieroglyphic sign but rather serves as a format control character, specifically one of several invisible markers used to influence the layout and grouping of hieroglyphic signs in digital text. Its purpose is to handle complex scribal practices such as quadrat grouping, where multiple signs are arranged within a virtual square to form a block of text, thereby enabling more accurate typographic rendering of classical Egyptian texts in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13466
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	𓑦
HTML Hex Encoding	𓑦
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x91 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDC66
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013466
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udc66

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-01-011
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Man, seated, right knee raised, right arm raised, right hand horizontal, hand palm upwards, left arm in front of body.
kEH_Func	Classifier to conspire, to brood
kEH_FVal	wꜣ
kEH_UniK	HJ A426B
kEH_JSesh	A426B
kEH_HG	A426B
kEH_IFAO	1,7