U+13AF9 "ð“«¹" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+13AF9 "ð“«¹" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the extended set of Egyptian hieroglyphs encoded in Unicode’s Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block, representing a sign used in ancient Egyptian writing. This particular character falls under the category of a format control rather than a standard hieroglyph, as it is designed to aid in the correct positioning and arrangement of adjacent hieroglyphic characters when they are combined into complex groups, such as quadrats. It serves a technical function in digital text rendering, ensuring that hieroglyphs are displayed in their proper spatial relationships, which is essential for accurate representation of the script’s two dimensional layout. Although it visually resembles a hieroglyph, its primary purpose is to manage text direction and grouping without acting as a standalone semantic symbol.

General Properties

Code Point U+13AF9
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 𓫹
HTML Hex Encoding 𓫹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x93 0xAB 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD80E 0xDEF9
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00013AF9
C/C++/Java Escape \ud80e\udef9

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-20-037
kEH_Core C
kEH_Desc A hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas), seated, hands on knees, tail folded under the rear (E35), in front of a long, cup-shaped object with a vertical line of dots inside it, on top of a rectangular base.
kEH_Func Logogram (symbol of the cycle of time)
kEH_FVal wnšb
kEH_UniK HJ E046A
kEH_JSesh E46A
kEH_HG E46A