U+13998 "𓦘" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13998 "𓦘" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which encodes characters used in the ancient Egyptian writing system for monumental inscriptions. Designated as part of the extended repertoire for the Gardiner sign list, this particular hieroglyph represents an object or concept based on its visual form, though its exact phonetic or semantic value is tied to the context of classical Egyptian texts. Its inclusion in Unicode enables digital representation and study of these historical symbols across modern platforms, preserving a link to one of the world's earliest written languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13998
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	𓦘
HTML Hex Encoding	𓦘
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA6 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDD98
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013998
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udd98

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-13-005
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The upper and lower lips of a human, with teeth, represented as a half circle.
kEH_Func	Logogram (lips)
kEH_FVal	sp.ty
kEH_UniK	D025A