U+13A06 "𓨆" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13A06 "𓨆" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph belonging to the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the digital representation of ancient Egyptian writing. This particular character, identified by its code point and placeholder name with a hash symbol, represents a hieroglyphic sign that has not yet been assigned a definitive linguistic or phonetic value in the standard, serving as a placeholder for a known but unclassified symbol from the Egyptian script. It is used in academic and digital contexts to encode texts from the pharaonic period, allowing for precise transcription and rendering of hieroglyphic inscriptions without relying on visual images alone. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode helps preserve and study one of humanity's oldest writing systems in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13A06
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	𓨆
HTML Hex Encoding	𓨆
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA8 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDE06
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013A06
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\ude06

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-30-018
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Two vertical human fingers on top of a standard used for carrying religious symbols (R12).
kEH_Func	Logogram (Prosopopite nome)
kEH_FVal	mtr
kEH_UniK	D445