U+138DF "𓣟" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+138DF "𓣟" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the extended repertoire of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, encoded as part of the Unicode Standard’s Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block to support digital representation of the writing system. This particular glyph, catalogued in the Gardiner sign list under an unassigned or less common category, depicts a stylized object or concept used in religious, administrative, or funerary texts, often serving as a determinative or phonetic complement within a word. Its inclusion allows scholars, linguists, and digital historians to accurately transcribe, search, and preserve the nuanced visual vocabulary of Pharaonic inscriptions without relying on ad hoc font substitutions or manual approximations.

General Properties

Code Point	U+138DF
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	𓣟
HTML Hex Encoding	𓣟
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA3 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDCDF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000138DF
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udcdf

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-39-003
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Goddess, seated, knees up, with covered legs and arms, wearing the double crown (S5) and a vulture headdress, holding a stem of papyrus with a bud (M131) or flower vertically.
kEH_Func	Logogram (together with \C98 and \C43A, representing the triad of Dendera)
kEH_FVal	ꞽwn.t
kEH_UniK	C183B