U+13903 "𓤃" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓤃

U+13903 "𓤃" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, representing a sign in the ancient Egyptian writing system, though its exact meaning or transliteration value (often denoted by the placeholder "#" in its name) is not universally standardized in Unicode itself. This character is part of the extensive set of hieroglyphs encoded to support digital representation of Egyptian texts, typically corresponding to a Gardiner sign list category such as those for parts of the body, animals, or objects, and it is used in scholarly work for epigraphy, philology, and historical study of ancient Egyptian language. As a Unicode character, it allows for the digital storage, transmission, and display of this ancient script across modern computing platforms, preserving its form for linguistic research and cultural heritage documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+13903
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 𓤃
HTML Hex Encoding 𓤃
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x93 0xA4 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD80E 0xDD03
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00013903
C/C++/Java Escape \ud80e\udd03

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-45-006
kEH_Core C
kEH_Desc Goddess, standing, with a flower enclosed by two horns (R20) on her head, right arm forward, hand at the height of the waist, holding a club, angled forward, with the head of the club on top a vertical stick held by the left hand.
kEH_Func Logogram (Seshat)
kEH_FVal sšêœ£.t
kEH_UniK HJ C208
kEH_JSesh C208
kEH_HG C208
kEH_IFAO 91,1