U+13860 "𓡠" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓡠

U+13860 "𓡠" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, part of the Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls range, and it represents a particular sign used in ancient Egyptian writing. This character, like others in its block, encodes a single hieroglyph from the vast script system that combined logographic and alphabetic elements, and it is typically identified by its Gardiner sign list designation, which classifies hieroglyphs by shape and function. Its inclusion in Unicode enables digital representation and study of ancient Egyptian texts, supporting scholarly work in epigraphy and linguistics by allowing accurate encoding of inscriptions from monuments, papyri, and tombs. The exact meaning and phonetic value of this hieroglyph depend on its context within a specific text, as Egyptian hieroglyphs could represent sounds, ideas, or determinatives that clarified the meaning of other signs.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13860
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	𓡠
HTML Hex Encoding	𓡠
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA1 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDC60
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013860
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udc60

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-30-013
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	God, seated, both knees down, with a long-curved beard and long hair/wig, wearing a headdress consisting of two feathers and a sun disk on ram horns, with a uraeus with a sun disk on the head at either side of the feathers; both arms forward, holding a flagellum (S45) and a crook (S38), opening inwards.
kEH_Func	Logogram (Tatenen)
kEH_FVal	tꜣ-ṯnn
kEH_UniK	C018J