U+1353B "𓔻" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓔻

U+1353B "𓔻" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph block that represents a specific sign used in the ancient Egyptian writing system. Known as the "fire drill" or "drill" hieroglyph, it typically depicts a tool or implement and was used as a phonogram or determinative within inscriptions, often associated with concepts of drilling, boring, or heat generation. This character is part of the comprehensive repertoire of Egyptian hieroglyphs encoded in Unicode to support scholarly study, digital preservation, and modern representation of this ancient script.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1353B
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	𓔻
HTML Hex Encoding	𓔻
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x94 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDD3B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001353B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udd3b

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-12-036
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Man, standing at a potter's wheel with a lump of clay on top of it, right leg extended, right foot at the base of the potter's wheel, both arms extended in front, right hand above the lump of clay, left hand at the top of the potter's wheel.
kEH_Func	Classifier to create, to shape
kEH_FVal	nḥp
kEH_UniK	HJ A158B
kEH_JSesh	A158B
kEH_HG	A158B