U+137B8 "𓞸" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+137B8 "𓞸" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is an entry in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block representing a specific glyph from the ancient Egyptian writing system, though its exact identity is often listed under a generic placeholder designation due to the vast number of signs yet to be formally named by the Unicode Consortium. This particular character, like others in its range, forms part of the effort to digitally encode the complex logographic script used for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records along the Nile for over three thousand years. While its precise phonetic value or meaning may depend on further Egyptological classification, its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars and enthusiasts can preserve and reproduce the visual form of this ancient symbol in modern digital text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+137B8
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	𓞸
HTML Hex Encoding	𓞸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x9E 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDFB8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000137B8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udfb8

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-09-075
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	God, seated, knees up, with covered legs and arms, with the head of a falcon, wearing a headdress consisting of two plumes with a sun disk (S63A/S70).
kEH_Func	Classifier Montu (divinity)
kEH_UniK	HJ C017A
kEH_JSesh	C17A
kEH_HG	C17A
kEH_IFAO	65,3