U+136F6 "𓛶" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+136F6 "𓛶" 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 represents a simplified or placeholder sign often employed in scholarly editions to indicate a hieroglyph whose exact identity or transliteration is unknown, damaged, or not yet fully encoded. It functions as a practical tool in digital text processing, allowing researchers and typographers to denote missing or undetermined hieroglyphic elements without disrupting the visual flow of the script. As part of the broader effort to preserve and digitize ancient languages, this character supports the accurate representation of fragmented texts from archaeological sites and papyri.

General Properties

Code Point	U+136F6
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	𓛶
HTML Hex Encoding	𓛶
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x9B 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDEF6
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000136F6
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udef6

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	B-03-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Woman, seated, both knees down, long hair, arms extended at either side of the body, angling downwards.
kEH_Func	Classifier barren woman
kEH_FVal	snb.t
kEH_UniK	HJ B012
kEH_JSesh	B12
kEH_HG	B12
kEH_IFAO	50,7