U+13795 "𓞕" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓞕

U+13795 "𓞕" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a graphic symbol from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, specifically representing a lexicographic grouping placeholder rather than a single, identifiable ancient glyph. This character, officially named "Egyptian Hieroglyph-#" with the number sign indicating a generic or undefined hieroglyph, was introduced in Unicode version 12.0 in 2019 to allow for the encoding of Egyptian texts where the exact hieroglyph for a given transliteration or contextual use is unknown or not yet assigned. As part of a systematic effort to digitize ancient Egyptian writing, it functions as a fallback character, enabling scholars and digital text processors to represent missing or uncertain signs without breaking the textual flow, thus preserving the integrity of the original inscription's structure for research and preservation purposes.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13795
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	𓞕
HTML Hex Encoding	𓞕
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x9E 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDF95
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013795
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udf95

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-08-009
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	God, seated, knees up, with covered legs and arms, with a long-curved beard, with a feather (H6) on his head, holding a feather (H6), vertically.
kEH_Func	Logogram (son/child of)
kEH_FVal	sꜣ
kEH_UniK	HJ C104D
kEH_JSesh	C104D
kEH_HG	C104D