U+138EF "𓣯" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓣯

U+138EF "𓣯" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific symbol from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, part of the Unicode standard’s comprehensive encoding of ancient Egyptian writing. This particular glyph, known as Gardiner’s sign N35A or a variant thereof, represents a horizontal water ripple or a canal symbol, often used in hieroglyphic texts to denote water, the Nile, or related concepts such as purity or the flow of time. Its inclusion in Unicode enables digital representation and scholarly exchange of this historical script, preserving a small fragment of the rich linguistic heritage of ancient Egypt for modern computing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+138EF
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	𓣯
HTML Hex Encoding	𓣯
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA3 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDCEF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000138EF
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udcef

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-40-022
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Goddess, standing, wearing the red crown, right arm forward, hand at the height of the waist, holding a griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus, G14), left arm hanging beside the body, holding a tie or strap, used with sandals (ankh sign, S34).
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	wnn
kEH_UniK	C188D