U+13687 "𓚇" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓚇

U+13687 "𓚇" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph block, which encodes signs from the ancient Egyptian writing system used for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records. This particular character, often cataloged under Gardiner's sign list categories related to parts of mammals or abstract symbols, represents a unique logographic or phonetic element whose exact meaning depends on the archaeological context, such as a word like "tp" (head) or a determinative for abstract concepts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures accurate digital representation and preservation of this historical script, allowing researchers and enthusiasts to type, display, and study ancient Egyptian language artifacts across modern electronic platforms without relying on specialized fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13687
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	𓚇
HTML Hex Encoding	𓚇
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x9A 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDE87
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013687
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\ude87

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-28-055
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	King, standing, with a long straight beard, wearing the white crown (S1), right arm forward, holding a stem of papyrus with a flowering bud (M127), of the height of the king, left arm hanging beside the body.
kEH_Func	Logogram (king of Upper Egypt and land when occurring together with red crown wearing variant forms n(.y)-sw.t-bꞽ.ty nb tꜣ.wy)
kEH_FVal	n(.y)-sw.t & tꜣ
kEH_UniK	A300I