U+13A00 "𓨀" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13A00 "𓨀" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A block, representing a specific pictorial symbol from the ancient Egyptian writing system. This character belongs to a modern Unicode range that was added to encode a vast number of hieroglyphic signs, enabling digital representation and study of texts from the Pharaonic period. As a coded glyph, it corresponds to a particular logogram or phonogram used in ancient Egyptian script, though its precise meaning and phonetic value are determined by its context within an inscription. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode helps preserve and facilitate research into one of humanity’s earliest and most complex writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13A00
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	𓨀
HTML Hex Encoding	𓨀
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA8 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDE00
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013A00
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\ude00

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-29-004
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A human hand, held as a fist, with the thumb on top (D49), holding a folded piece of cloth (V60).
kEH_Func	Classifier
kEH_FVal	ḥmꜣg
kEH_UniK	HJ D273
kEH_JSesh	D273
kEH_HG	D273
kEH_IFAO	116,2