U+13478 "𓑸" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓑸

U+13478 "𓑸" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the Egyptian Hieroglyph Extended-A block, which represents a unique glyph used in ancient Egyptian writing, though its exact phonetic or semantic value remains largely unknown due to the limited documentation of this particular character. It belongs to a range of hieroglyphs numbered rather than named, reflecting the systematic encoding of rare or poorly understood signs from funerary and religious texts, often found in the Pyramid Texts or other Old Kingdom inscriptions. This character is part of a broader effort by the Unicode Consortium to preserve and standardize the digital representation of ancient scripts, allowing scholars and enthusiasts to accurately transcribe and study these historical symbols in modern digital formats.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13478
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	𓑸
HTML Hex Encoding	𓑸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x91 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDC78
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013478
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udc78

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-01-045
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Man, kneeling with both knees on the ground, with arms raised in front, hand palms facing outwards.
kEH_Func	Classifier supplication/hiding/rejection
kEH_UniK	HJ A004C
kEH_JSesh	A4C
kEH_HG	A4C
kEH_IFAO	3,1