U+13972 "𓥲" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13972 "𓥲" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a sign from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the writing system of ancient Egypt. This specific glyph, identified as a "blank" or placeholder in the official character name for encoding purposes, represents an individual hieroglyphic symbol that would have been used in religious, administrative, or monumental inscriptions. While its exact phonetic value or meaning in the original Egyptian language requires consultation with Egyptological resources, the character is part of a large set of over a thousand hieroglyphs encoded to facilitate digital preservation and study of ancient texts. Its inclusion in Unicode allows researchers, historians, and enthusiasts to accurately represent and display this ancient script in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13972
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	𓥲
HTML Hex Encoding	𓥲
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA5 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDD72
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013972
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udd72

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-04-016
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A braided hairlock.
kEH_Func	Classifier hairlock
kEH_FVal	ḥnsk.t
kEH_UniK	D432