U+13A04 "𓨄" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13A04 "𓌀" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a single character in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A block, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2023 as part of version 15.1. This character represents a specific, yet not fully defined, hieroglyphic sign, often labeled with a placeholder number rather than a known Gardiner classification. It belongs to a large set of newly encoded hieroglyphs that aim to provide digital support for the ancient Egyptian writing system, particularly for texts that include rare or previously unencodable signs from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13A04
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	𓨄
HTML Hex Encoding	𓨄
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA8 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDE04
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013A04
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\ude04

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-29-009
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A human hand, held as a fist, with the thumb on top (D49), holding a vertical hourglass-shaped shaped document holder (R88).
kEH_Func	Classifier
kEH_FVal	ḥmꜣg
kEH_UniK	HJ D275A
kEH_JSesh	D275A
kEH_HG	D275A