U+138EB "𓣫" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+138EB "𓣫" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign within the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, part of the extended repertoire for representing ancient Egyptian writing in digital text. This character, classified under the Gardiner sign list as a variant or specific hieroglyph, typically depicts a stylized object such as a tool, vessel, or element from daily life, though its exact phonetic or logographic value depends on its context in inscriptions. As a member of the supplementary plane, it enables precise encoding for scholarly transcription, linguistic analysis, and preservation of Egyptological texts without reliance on images or placeholder fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+138EB
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	𓣫
HTML Hex Encoding	𓣫
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA3 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDCEB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000138EB
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udceb

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-40-014
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Goddess, standing, wearing the red crown (S3), right arm forward, hand at the height of the waist, holding a stem of papyrus with a bud (M131) or flower, of the height of the woman, vertically, left arm hanging beside the body.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	n(.t)
kEH_UniK	HJ C188
kEH_JSesh	C188
kEH_HG	C188
kEH_IFAO	88,4