U+1396B "𓥫" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1396B "𓥫" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in the Unicode Standard, specifically representing a sign from the ancient Egyptian writing system, though its exact phonetic or semantic value is often designated by a general placeholder like "#" to indicate a specific hieroglyph that has not been fully identified or assigned a conventional transliteration in modern databases. This character, like many in its range, belongs to the repertoire of symbols used for scholarly transcription and digital preservation of Egyptian texts, enabling accurate representation of the script in electronic formats.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1396B
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	𓥫
HTML Hex Encoding	𓥫
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA5 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDD6B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001396B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udd6b

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-04-005
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A lock of hair with three strands, with curly endings (D3A), with a knife with a triangular blade and straight handle (T30A) written over the rightmost strand.
kEH_Func	Logogram (evil one)
kEH_FVal	nbḏ
kEH_UniK	HJ D127
kEH_JSesh	D127
kEH_HG	D127
kEH_IFAO	96,5