U+138E9 "𓣩" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓣩

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

Code Point U+138E9
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 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

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-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