U+13798 "𓞘" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13798 "𓞘" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script, part of the Unicode block for Egyptian Hieroglyphs (U+13000 to U+1342F) that was primarily designed to support the encoding of Middle Egyptian texts. This particular character, often referred to as a "saw" or related implement in Egyptological contexts, belongs to the category of tools and weapons and is used in transliterations and scholarly publications to represent a distinct sign with a specific phonetic or logographic value. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation and exchange of this historical writing system, preserving the visual form of a symbol that dates back thousands of years to the hieroglyphic inscriptions of the Nile civilization.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13798
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	𓞘
HTML Hex Encoding	𓞘
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x9E 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDF98
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013798
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udf98

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-09-007
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	God, seated, knees up, with covered legs and arms, with the head of a falcon, holding a sceptre with a straight shaft, topped with the head of the Seth animal vertically.
kEH_Func	Classifier falcon divinity
kEH_FVal	bḥd.ty
kEH_UniK	HJ C039A
kEH_JSesh	C39A
kEH_HG	C39A
kEH_IFAO	62,2