U+13606 "𓘆" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13606 "𓘆" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific symbol from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which encompasses over a thousand signs used in the ancient Egyptian writing system. This particular character, assigned the number sign or hash mark in its descriptive name, corresponds to a hieroglyphic sign that would have been part of the extensive repertoire of logographic and phonetic symbols employed for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records in ancient Egypt. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation and study of these historical scripts, preserving the visual form of a symbol that once conveyed meaning in a civilization that flourished thousands of years ago.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13606
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	𓘆
HTML Hex Encoding	𓘆
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x98 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDE06
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013606
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\ude06

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-21-009
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Man, seated, right knee raised, right arm in front of the body, holding a throwing stick (T14), which angles towards the front, left arm hanging beside the body, holding a rope/leash connected to a standing hunting hound (E14), behind the man.
kEH_Func	Classifier hunter, scout
kEH_FVal	nw
kEH_UniK	HJ A248B
kEH_JSesh	A248B
kEH_HG	A248B