U+138BA "𓢺" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+138BA "𓢺" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to encode ancient Egyptian writing from the time of the pharaohs. This specific glyph, often referred to as a placeholder or numbered placeholder in modern digital contexts, represents one of the thousands of hieroglyphic symbols that were used for logographic and phonetic writing dating back to around 3200 BCE. While many specific hieroglyphs have identified meanings or sounds, the "#" in its label indicates that this particular character is a reserved or unspecific representation from the standard set, primarily included to ensure comprehensive coverage of the script system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+138BA
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	𓢺
HTML Hex Encoding	𓢺
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA2 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDCBA
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000138BA
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udcba

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-36-021
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 holding a stem of papyrus with a bud (M131) or flower vertically.
kEH_Func	Classifier leonid divinity (female)
kEH_FVal	sḫm.t
kEH_UniK	C165E
kEH_IFAO	84,11