U+13951 "𓥑" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13951 "𓥑" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the digital representation of ancient Egyptian writing. This character, encoded under the name "Egyptian Hieroglyph-#," belongs to a comprehensive set of over a thousand hieroglyphic signs used in inscriptions from the Pharaonic period. While its exact meaning depends on its context within a text, it typically functions as a logographic or phonetic symbol within the hieroglyphic writing system, representing a particular object, concept, or sound. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for modern scholarly transcription, digital archiving, and typographic rendering of ancient Egyptian texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13951
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	𓥑
HTML Hex Encoding	𓥑
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA5 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDD51
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013951
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udd51

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	D-03-031
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The head of a human male in profile, with two arms, one arm forwards, hand at the height of the shoulder, holding a sceptre (S42), the other arm hanging downwards, holding a basket at the handle.
kEH_Func	Classifier to carry away, to take
kEH_FVal	ḫn(f)
kEH_UniK	HJ D101
kEH_JSesh	D101
kEH_HG	D101