U+138EC "𓣬" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓣬

U+138EC "𓣬" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the extended Egyptian Hieroglyphic script, part of the Unicode Standard's Egyptian Hieroglyph block, which encodes symbols from the ancient Egyptian writing system used for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records. This particular character, identified by its Gardiner sign list classification as a determinative or phonetic sign, typically represents an object, action, or abstract concept depending on its context within a hieroglyphic word or phrase. While its exact meaning in ancient Egyptian language requires alignment with specific transliteration and translation from the historical corpus, the character's inclusion in Unicode enables modern digital representation, preservation, and scholarly study of this ancient writing system across electronic platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+138EC
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 𓣬
HTML Hex Encoding 𓣬
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x93 0xA3 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD80E 0xDCEC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000138EC
C/C++/Java Escape \ud80e\udcec

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-40-016
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, holding a tie or strap, used with sandals (ankh sign, S34), at the loop.
kEH_Func Logogram (king of Lower Egypt)
kEH_FVal bêž½.ty
kEH_UniK C188Y
kEH_IFAO 88,6