U+13AFA "𓫺" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓫺

U+13AFA "𓫺" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A block, which encodes a large set of signs from the ancient Egyptian writing system used primarily for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records. This specific glyph represents a unique hieroglyphic symbol whose exact phonetic or logographic value is determined by its context within a word or phrase, as Egyptian hieroglyphs function as a combination of ideograms, phonograms, and determinatives. The character was added to the Unicode Standard to support digital preservation and scholarly study of ancient Egyptian language and culture, allowing for accurate representation of texts that would otherwise require specialized fonts or cumbersome substitutions. Its inclusion reflects ongoing efforts to expand Unicode coverage for historical scripts, enabling linguists, historians, and enthusiasts to work with authentic digital renditions of these ancient signs.

General Properties

Code Point U+13AFA
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 𓫺
HTML Hex Encoding 𓫺
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x93 0xAB 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD80E 0xDEFA
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00013AFA
C/C++/Java Escape \ud80e\udefa

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-20-038
kEH_Core C
kEH_Desc A hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas), seated, wearing the red crown (S3), arms forward, hand palm upwards.
kEH_Func Phonemogram
kEH_FVal êž½n
kEH_UniK HJ E047
kEH_JSesh E47
kEH_HG E47
kEH_IFAO 139,6