U+13712 "𓜒" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13712 "𓜒" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which encodes a sign from the class of water or liquid-related symbols in ancient Egyptian writing. This particular hieroglyph, cataloged under Gardiner's sign list as part of the "N" category for sky, earth, and water, likely represents a schematic depiction of a canal or body of water and was used as a phonogram or determinative in inscriptions to convey concepts tied to water, moisture, or geographical features. It is one of over a thousand hieroglyphic characters included in the Unicode Standard to facilitate digital representation and scholarly study of the ancient Egyptian script, enabling modern text encoding for linguistic and archaeological research.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13712
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	𓜒
HTML Hex Encoding	𓜒
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x9C 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDF12
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013712
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udf12

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-05-010
kEH_Core	N
kEH_UniK	B028A
kEH_HG	B28