U+138B7 "𓢷" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓢷

U+138B7 "𓢷" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A block, which encodes signs used in the ancient Egyptian writing system primarily for religious and monumental inscriptions. This particular character belongs to the category of uniliteral or multi-consonantal signs, often representing a phonetic value or a semantic concept, though its exact reading and function depend on the context of the original inscription. It was added to the Unicode Standard to support scholarly research, digital archiving, and accurate text representation of Egyptian Hieroglyphs, which were used for over three thousand years. The glyph features a stylized depiction of a recognizable object or figure from the natural or cultural world, following the conventions of the writing system where each sign carries both symbolic and linguistic significance.

General Properties

Code Point	U+138B7
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	𓢷
HTML Hex Encoding	𓢷
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA2 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDCB7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000138B7
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udcb7

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-36-016
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Goddess, seated, knees up, with covered legs and arms, with the head of a lion/lioness, with N6 (The sun, encircled by a cobra (Naja haje), standing up, with expanded hood (uraeus)) on her head, holding a stem of papyrus with a bud (M13).
kEH_Func	Classifier leonid divinity (female)
kEH_FVal	sḫm.t
kEH_UniK	HJ C165A
kEH_JSesh	C165A
kEH_HG	C165A
kEH_IFAO	84,9