U+1398F "𓦏" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1398F "𓦏" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a sign from the Egyptian hieroglyphic script, specifically belonging to the Gardiner classification system's category for parts of birds, and it depicts the feather of a bird. This character is encoded in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block of Unicode, which was added to enable digital representation of the ancient writing system used in Egypt from roughly 3200 BCE onward. The feather hieroglyph, often associated with the goddess Maat and concepts of truth and order, functioned both as a logogram for the word "maat" and as a phonetic sign. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for accurate scholarly research, transcription, and digital preservation of ancient Egyptian texts without reliance on specialized fonts or images.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1398F
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	𓦏
HTML Hex Encoding	𓦏
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA6 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDD8F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001398F
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udd8f

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-09-003
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Two circles representing the eyes or pupils.
kEH_Func	Logogram (to see)
kEH_FVal	mꜣꜣ
kEH_UniK	D012A