U+13558 "𓕘" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13558 "𓕘" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which encodes signs from the ancient Egyptian writing system used for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records. This specific glyph corresponds to a determinative or logographic symbol, though its precise meaning depends on the context of the original text, as Egyptian hieroglyphic signs often functioned as representations of sounds, words, or semantic classifiers. The character was added to the Unicode Standard to support scholarly work, digital preservation, and the study of ancient Egyptian language and culture.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13558
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	𓕘
HTML Hex Encoding	𓕘
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x95 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDD58
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013558
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udd58

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-13-024
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Man, seated, both knees raised, with covered legs and arms, with a short, straight beard and short hair/wig, holding a key that resembles a plan of a winding wall (O5).
kEH_Func	Logogram (to guard)
kEH_FVal	sꜣw
kEH_UniK	A461B
kEH_IFAO	18,14