U+1397F "𓥿" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1397F "𓥿" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph block of the Unicode standard, representing a sign used in ancient Egyptian writing. This particular character, part of the extensive set of over a thousand hieroglyphs encoded in Unicode, corresponds to a visual symbol that was employed in religious, monumental, and administrative texts from the time of the pharaohs. While its exact transliteration and meaning can vary based on context within the hieroglyphic script, it generally functions as a logogram, determinative, or phonetic marker in the complex system that combined ideographic and alphabetic elements. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and scholarly study of Egyptian language and writing systems across modern computing platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1397F
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	𓥿
HTML Hex Encoding	𓥿
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA5 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDD7F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001397F
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udd7f

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-06-022
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A closed/half closed eye.
kEH_Func	Classifier (to sleep)
kEH_FVal	ḳdd
kEH_UniK	HJ D135
kEH_JSesh	D135
kEH_HG	D135