U+13A24 "𓨤" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13A24 "𓨤" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, specifically categorized as a sign from the Gardiner sign list, representing the phonetic value "m" or serving as a determinative related to owls or certain concepts in ancient Egyptian writing. This character belongs to the set of hieroglyphs that were encoded in Unicode version 12.0 in 2019 to support digital representation of the classical Egyptian language. Its design is based on a detailed depiction of an owl, a common symbol in Egyptian script, and it is used primarily for academic, archaeological, and linguistic purposes to transcribe and study ancient texts. The addition of this character helps preserve and make accessible the rich written heritage of ancient Egypt in modern digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13A24
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	𓨤
HTML Hex Encoding	𓨤
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA8 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDE24
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013A24
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\ude24

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-36-011
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	stylized set of two toes, resembling a harpoon-head with two horizontal strokes and a two angled strokes as point (T19A), on top of base resembling the right side of the sky (N44).
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	sꜣḥ
kEH_UniK	HJ D063F
kEH_JSesh	D63F
kEH_HG	D63F