U+13870 "𓡰" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13870 "𓡰" 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. This particular character represents a sign used in the hieroglyphic script, though its exact phonetic value or meaning is not always immediately obvious without contextual reference, as it belongs to a set of over a thousand hieroglyphs that were used for logographic, syllabic, and alphabetic purposes in the ancient Egyptian language. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode allows for the digital representation and preservation of ancient texts, enabling scholars and enthusiasts to work with these symbols in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13870
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	𓡰
HTML Hex Encoding	𓡰
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA1 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDC70
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013870
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udc70

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-31-026
kEH_Core	N
kEH_UniK	HJ C117
kEH_JSesh	C117
kEH_HG	C117
kEH_IFAO	79,6