U+13788 "𓞈" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13788 "𓞈" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, representing a sign used in the ancient Egyptian writing system, though its exact phonetic or semantic value is not immediately apparent from its standard designation as a placeholder or numbered character within the Unicode standard. This character belongs to a range of hieroglyphs that encode symbols found in inscriptions and papyri, allowing for digital representation and study of the ancient language. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates academic research, digital archiving, and typographic reproduction of Egyptian texts, preserving the visual form of a sign that was part of a complex logographic and alphabetic script used for over three thousand years.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13788
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	𓞈
HTML Hex Encoding	𓞈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x9E 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDF88
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013788
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udf88

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	C-04-049
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	God, standing, with the head of a jackal, with a tail, both arms forward, holding a stick with a bundle or a mat horizontally over his shoulders, bundle behind the back, with the ties at the top.
kEH_Func	Logogram (decease deamon)
kEH_FVal	šmꜣ.y
kEH_UniK	C250A