U+13970 "𓥰" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓥰

U+13970 "𓥰" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, specifically representing a sign from the Gardiner sign list categorized under the section for parts of mammals. This particular glyph, often identified as Gardiner F40 or a similar variant, depicts the head and neck of a long‑legged animal such as a cow or antelope, and it was used in ancient Egyptian writing as a logogram or determinative in words related to cattle, nourishment, or the concept of abundance. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate digital representation and study of ancient Egyptian texts, preserving the written culture of a civilization that flourished along the Nile.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13970
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	𓥰
HTML Hex Encoding	𓥰
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA5 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDD70
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013970
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udd70

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-04-011
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A lock of hair, resembling a half circle, with three strands of hair with a curly ending, one left, one middle, one right.
kEH_Func	Logogram (head covering (braid of hair?))
kEH_FVal	(ꞽ)ꜣr.t
kEH_UniK	HJ D129A
kEH_JSesh	D129A
kEH_HG	D129A
kEH_IFAO	96,10