U+137B9 "𓞹" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓞹

U+137B9 "𓞹" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which encodes signs from the ancient Egyptian writing system used for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative documents. This particular character belongs to the subset of hieroglyphs that represent phonetic or determinative elements, though its exact transliteration and meaning depend on the context of the original inscription. Like all characters in this block, U+137B9 is part of a modern digital standard designed to preserve and enable the representation of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing in electronic text, supporting scholarly work, digital publishing, and cultural heritage projects. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate reproduction of ancient scripts without relying on specialized fonts or images.

General Properties

Code Point U+137B9
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 𓞹
HTML Hex Encoding 𓞹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x93 0x9E 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD80D 0xDFB9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000137B9
C/C++/Java Escape \ud80d\udfb9

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-09-076
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), holding a sceptre with a straight shaft, topped with the head of the Seth animal vertically.
kEH_Func Classifier divinity
kEH_FVal mr.ty
kEH_UniK HJ C017B
kEH_JSesh C17B
kEH_HG C17B
kEH_IFAO 65,4