U+13AED "𓫭" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13AED "𓫭" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a rarely used sign from the extended Egyptian hieroglyph repertoire, specifically belonging to the "Egyptian Hieroglyphs" block (U+13000 to U+1342F) and classified as a control or placeholder character rather than a traditional pictographic symbol. This particular glyph represents a "filler" or "shading" element often employed in ancient Egyptian inscriptions to occupy empty space within a text column or cartouche, thereby preserving the visual balance and symmetry of the writing. Unlike more iconic hieroglyphs that depict objects, animals, or deities, U+13AED serves a structural function in the layout of hieratic or monumental script, though its exact usage and frequency in surviving artifacts remain obscure due to limited documentation. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that scholars and digital archivists can accurately transcribe such nuanced formatting features of Egyptian texts without loss of fidelity.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13AED
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	𓫭
HTML Hex Encoding	𓫭
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xAB 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDEED
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013AED
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udeed

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	E-20-015
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas), seated, arms forward, holding a vertical stick which is forked at the top.
kEH_Func	Logogram (scribe)
kEH_FVal	sš
kEH_UniK	E038A
kEH_JSesh	E38
kEH_HG	E38
kEH_IFAO	138,11