U+13556 "𓕖" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓕖

U+13556 "𓕖" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a sign from the Egyptian Hieroglyph block, specifically classified under the category of a building, furniture, or temple-related glyph, often associated with a "door bolt" or similar architectural element. It represents a detailed logogram or determinative used in ancient Egyptian writing to denote concepts tied to closure, security, or structural components within tomb and temple inscriptions. This character is encoded for digital representation in the Unicode Standard, allowing scholars and enthusiasts to accurately preserve and display this hieroglyph in modern text without altering its historical form. Its inclusion supports the study of Egyptian language and iconography by enabling precise textual analysis.

General Properties

Code Point U+13556
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 𓕖
HTML Hex Encoding 𓕖
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x93 0x95 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD80D 0xDD56
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00013556
C/C++/Java Escape \ud80d\udd56

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-13-021
kEH_Core C
kEH_Desc Man, seated, both knees raised, with covered legs and arms, with short hair/wig, holding an object consisting of one long vertical line at one end, with multiple shorter vertical lines connected to a horizontal line, with the shorter vertical line section away from the body.
kEH_Func Logogram (to guard)
kEH_FVal sęœĢw
kEH_UniK A047F
kEH_IFAO 18,11