U+13808 "𓠈" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13808 "𓠈" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph within the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, representing a pictographic symbol from the ancient Egyptian writing system, though its precise linguistic value or meaning is not defined in the Unicode standard itself, as these characters are encoded primarily for scholarly representation and digital preservation. This particular hieroglyph corresponds to a catalog number in the Gardiner sign list, likely depicting an object or concept from the natural or cultural world, and it is used in academic contexts to transcribe ancient Egyptian texts. As part of the larger set of over a thousand encoded Egyptian hieroglyphs, it enables accurate digital reproduction of inscriptions for research, education, and cultural heritage documentation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13808
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	𓠈
HTML Hex Encoding	𓠈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA0 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDC08
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013808
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udc08

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-14-012
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Youth, seated, both knees up, feet on the ground, right arm raised in front, with hand to mouth, left arm in front of the body, holding a flagellum (S45) which angles against the left shoulder.
kEH_Func	Classifier child
kEH_FVal	sḏ.ty
kEH_UniK	A272C