U+138AB "𓢫" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓢫

U+138AB "𓢫" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the extensive Egyptian Hieroglyph block, which encodes ancient Egyptian writing symbols used for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records. This particular character belongs to a subset of signs that represent objects, concepts, or phonetic sounds, though its exact ancient meaning or classification as a determinative, logogram, or phonogram requires reference to specialized Egyptological databases. The character appears as a stylized figure or object, rendered in a standardized digital form that preserves the essential visual features of the original hieroglyphic carvings. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars, linguists, and hobbyists can digitally represent and exchange such historical symbols without loss of fidelity, supporting research into one of humanity’s earliest writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+138AB
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	𓢫
HTML Hex Encoding	𓢫
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA2 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDCAB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000138AB
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udcab

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-35-088
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Goddess, standing, with a sun disk (N5) on her head, arms covered by wings, right arm raised in front, hand at the height of the shoulder, holding a feather (H6), left arm extended forward, hand at the height of the waist, holding a flagellum (S45) outwards.
kEH_Func	Logogram (to protect)
kEH_FVal	ḫwꞽ
kEH_UniK	HJ C163A
kEH_JSesh	C163A
kEH_HG	C163A
kEH_IFAO	83,16