U+13850 "𓡐" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13850 "𓡐" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the digital representation of ancient Egyptian writing. This particular character, like the other numbered placeholders in the block, is not a fully decoded hieroglyph but rather a generic placeholder or a controlled format character used to denote an unspecified or unknown hieroglyphic sign, often appearing in contexts where a specific hieroglyph is not yet identified or assigned a unique codepoint. It serves as a tool for researchers and digital typographers to handle gaps in the hieroglyphic repertoire, ensuring that texts can be encoded and displayed even when exact sign details are missing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13850
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	𓡐
HTML Hex Encoding	𓡐
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA1 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDC50
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013850
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udc50

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-26-019
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	God, in mummy form, standing upright, with the head of a donkey/ass, with a knife (T30A) at the face, blade downwards.
kEH_Func	Classifier creation, form
kEH_FVal	ꞽr.w
kEH_UniK	HJ C264
kEH_JSesh	C264
kEH_HG	C264