U+13960 "𓥠" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓥠

U+13960 "𓥠" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, specifically classified as an Old Kingdom sign used as a determinative or phonetic symbol in ancient Egyptian writing. It visually depicts a stylized object or animal form, though its exact reading and function vary by context, often appearing in religious or funerary texts carved in stone or painted on papyrus. This character belongs to a larger set of over a thousand hieroglyphs encoded in Unicode to support digital representation of ancient Egyptian language and scholarship, allowing modern researchers to accurately transcribe and study inscriptions without relying solely on handwritten notations.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13960
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	𓥠
HTML Hex Encoding	𓥠
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA5 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDD60
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013960
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udd60

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-03-049
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The head of a human male in profile, with one arm, forward, forearm horizontal, holding a bundle of three papyrus flowers.
kEH_Func	Classifier to uproot
kEH_FVal	fdꞽ
kEH_UniK	HJ D099
kEH_JSesh	D99
kEH_HG	D99