U+138B5 "𓢵" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+138B5 "𓢵" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the Egyptian Hieroglyph Extended-A block, which contains symbols used in the ancient Egyptian writing system, though the exact meaning of this particular character is often difficult to determine without direct reference to the Gardiner's sign list or an Egyptological dictionary. It belongs to a set of lesser known or rarer hieroglyphs that were added to Unicode to facilitate scholarly transcription and digital preservation of texts, especially those from the later periods of Egyptian history. Because the Unicode standard does not assign semantic names to these individual signs beyond their visual representation, the character primarily serves as a placeholder for specialized linguistic or archaeological study rather than conveying a standalone concept to a general audience.

General Properties

Code Point	U+138B5
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	𓢵
HTML Hex Encoding	𓢵
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA2 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDCB5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000138B5
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udcb5

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-36-012
kEH_Core	N
kEH_UniK	HJ C164E
kEH_JSesh	C164E
kEH_HG	C164E
kEH_IFAO	84,7