U+137E5 "𓟥" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓟥

U+137E5 "𓟥" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the encoding of ancient Egyptian writing for digital preservation and scholarly research. This particular character is classified under the category of hieroglyphs used in the Old Kingdom period through the Ptolemaic era, often representing a phonetic or logographic element in the complex writing system. Its exact reading and meaning depend on the context of the inscription in which it appears, as Egyptian hieroglyphs combine consonant sounds with semantic determinatives and can serve multiple functions within a text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+137E5
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	𓟥
HTML Hex Encoding	𓟥
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x9F 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDFE5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000137E5
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udfe5

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-11-009
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	God, standing, with the head of a falcon, wearing the double crown (S5), holding a harpoon with the point down, diagonally over the body, from the tip of the right foot beyond the left shoulder, right arm lowered, right hand holding the harpoon between the waist and knee, left arm raised, holding the shaft near the end, on top of a crocodile (I3).
kEH_Func	Logogram (harpooner) or Logogram (Wenty)
kEH_FVal	ꞽꜣw.ty \| wnty
kEH_UniK	HJ C076A
kEH_JSesh	C76A
kEH_HG	C76A
kEH_IFAO	68,10