U+138E9 "𓣩" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+138E9 "𓣩" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, part of the Unicode Standard's extensive encoding of the ancient writing system used in pharaonic Egypt. This particular character corresponds to a hieroglyphic symbol designated by the Gardiner sign list as a man or deity holding a specific implement, often identified with the sign for "to strike" or a related action, and it is used in the transcription of classical Egyptian texts. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital representation and preservation of these historical symbols, facilitating scholarly research, linguistic analysis, and modern typography without requiring special fonts or custom image files. The character is encoded at code point U+138E9 in Plane 1 (the Supplementary Multilingual Plane) and is part of a comprehensive set that covers the major sign categories of Middle Egyptian writing.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𓣩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𓣩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x93 0xA3 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD80E 0xDCE9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000138E9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud80e\udce9 |
Unicode Properties
Unikemet Data
| kEH_Cat |
C-40-009 |
| kEH_Core |
C |
| kEH_Desc |
Goddess, seated, knees up, with covered legs and arms, wearing the red crown (S3), holding a sceptre with a straight shaft, topped with the head of the Seth animal vertically, with one arrow, fletching upwards in front of the sceptre, and two arrows, fletching upwards behind the scepter. |
| kEH_Func |
Logogram (Neith) |
| kEH_FVal |
n.t |
| kEH_UniK |
C185H |