U+1358B "𓖋" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1358B "𓖋" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which encodes symbols from the ancient Egyptian writing system used for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records. This particular character represents a hieroglyphic sign, likely depicting a tangible object or concept from the natural or material world, such as a tool, a plant, or a body part, as is common in the script where each glyph can function logographically or phonetically. While the exact semantic value of this rare character requires specialist consultation of the Gardiner's sign list or the Unicode standard's annotations, its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that scholars and digital archivists can preserve, share, and study the visual and linguistic heritage of ancient Egyptian civilization across modern electronic texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1358B
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	𓖋
HTML Hex Encoding	𓖋
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x96 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDD8B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001358B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udd8b

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-15-072
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Man, standing, right arm forward, holding a leaf, stem (bent forwards) and root of a lotus plant (M12B), left arm hanging beside the body.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ḫꜣ-dꞽ.t
kEH_UniK	A174C