U+137FF "𓟿" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓟿

U+137FF "𓟿" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode standard to enable digital representation of ancient Egyptian writing. This particular glyph, belonging to the extensive set of hieroglyphic symbols used in religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records from around 3200 BCE onward, is classified under the category of other letters or symbols within the script. While its exact phonetic or semantic value depends on the context of the original text, it represents one of the hundreds of standardized signs that encode the logographic, syllabic, and determinative elements of the classical Egyptian language, serving as a vital tool for scholars, linguists, and digital humanists working with ancient artifacts and manuscripts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+137FF
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	𓟿
HTML Hex Encoding	𓟿
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x9F 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDFFF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000137FF
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udfff

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-13-040
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Man/god, seated on heel, right knee raised, with coif/short hair, without beard, with a sun disk (N5) on his head, arms extended at either side of the body, holding a palm branch, stripped of leaves, curving inwards at the top, connecting at the sun disk on the head, branches on top of frogs, looking inwards.
kEH_Func	Logogram (million, many)
kEH_FVal	ḥḥ
kEH_UniK	HJ C078D
kEH_JSesh	C78D
kEH_HG	C78D
kEH_IFAO	70,4