U+139F9 "𓧹" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓧹

U+139F9 "𓧹" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script, encoded within the Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A block (introduced in Unicode version 14.0, released in 2021). This particular character is part of a modern digital repertoire designed to represent a wide range of hieroglyphic symbols used in ancient Egyptian writing, though its exact meaning and function in original texts correspond to established Gardiner sign list classifications. Its inclusion in Unicode allows scholars, linguists, and digital archives to faithfully encode and display this ancient writing system in modern electronic documents, facilitating research, preservation, and educational use without requiring specialized fonts or rendering systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+139F9
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	𓧹
HTML Hex Encoding	𓧹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA7 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDDF9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000139F9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\uddf9

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-28-012
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A spiral, winding counterclockwise away from its central point, ending at the right lower corner after about one and a half turns (Z7), written over a human hand (D46).
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	wd
kEH_UniK	D443