U+138EE "𓣮" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓣮

U+138EE "𓣮" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script, cataloged within the Unicode Standard's Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which includes thousands of individual symbols used primarily for religious, monumental, and administrative writing. This particular character, identified by the Gardiner code Y1V, resembles a rolled-up papyrus scroll tied with a cord and was typically employed as a determinative for words related to writing, books, or abstract concepts, such as "scribe" or "knowledge." Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation and preservation of this ancient writing system, enabling scholars and enthusiasts to accurately encode and share Egyptian texts across modern computing platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+138EE
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	𓣮
HTML Hex Encoding	𓣮
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA3 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDCEE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000138EE
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udcee

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-40-021
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Goddess, seated, knees up, with covered legs and arms, with two crossed arrows, fletching towards the back, on top of a standard resembling a half circle on top of a long and short stick (T61) on her head.
kEH_Func	Classifier divinity (Neith)
kEH_FVal	n.t
kEH_UniK	C187A