U+13731 "𓜱" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13731 "𓜱" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script, encoded in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block of the Unicode Standard. This particular glyph, often cataloged as Gardiner's sign U37 or a similar variant, depicts a folded cloth or a knot and is phonetically associated with the sound value of "s" or "z" in certain contexts, functioning as a uniliteral sign. It was used in inscriptions on monuments, papyri, and tombs primarily during the Middle and New Kingdom periods, serving both as a phonetic element in words and as a logogram for concepts related to cloth or tying. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation and scholarly study of this ancient writing system, preserving a direct link to a civilization that flourished over three thousand years ago.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13731
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	𓜱
HTML Hex Encoding	𓜱
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x9C 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDF31
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013731
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udf31

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-07-011
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Woman, standing, with long hair, both arms forward, hands at the height of the shoulder, holding a plan of a crossroads in a village (O49).
kEH_UniK	B045D