U+139F4 "𓧴" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+139F4 "𓧴" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, specifically classified as a sign in the Gardiner sign list under the category of tools and implements, though its precise identification remains somewhat enigmatic. This character represents a hieroglyphic symbol used in ancient Egyptian writing, likely depicting a stylized object or tool, and it would have been employed in religious, funerary, or administrative texts to convey a specific phonetic or logographic value. As a member of the extended hieroglyphic repertoire included in Unicode to facilitate digital preservation and study, U+139F4 contributes to the broader effort to make ancient Egyptian script accessible for modern linguistic and archaeological research.

General Properties

Code Point	U+139F4
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	𓧴
HTML Hex Encoding	𓧴
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA7 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDDF4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000139F4
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\uddf4

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-27-008
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Two arms, elbows bent, upper arms overlapping, forearms separated, lower forearm nearly horizontal, holding a stick.
kEH_Func	Logogram (to repel)
kEH_FVal	ḫsr
kEH_UniK	HJ D254
kEH_JSesh	D254
kEH_HG	D254
kEH_IFAO	114,7