U+1362F "𓘯" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1362F "𓘯" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, representing a logogram or phonogram used in ancient Egyptian writing, often associated with the concept of "food" or "offering" due to its visual depiction of a conical loaf of bread on a mat. This character, part of the extensive standardized collection of over a thousand hieroglyphs encoded in Unicode, allows for digital representation and scholarly study of the hieroglyphic script, enabling modern preservation and analysis of texts from ancient Egyptian culture. Its inclusion in the standard supports cross-platform communication and research into the language of pharaonic Egypt, bridging millennia-old symbols with contemporary computing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1362F
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	𓘯
HTML Hex Encoding	𓘯
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x98 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDE2F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001362F
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\ude2f

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-23-039
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Child, seated on nothing, forelegs spread, right arm extended forward, hand horizontal, palm upwards, holding a feather (H6), left arm hanging beside the body.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ꜥš
kEH_UniK	HJ A444
kEH_JSesh	A444
kEH_HG	A444