U+13B20 "𓬠" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13B20 "𓬠" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, specifically designated for encoding a sign from the ancient Egyptian writing system, though its exact phonetic or lexical meaning is not tied to a single letter due to the logographic nature of hieroglyphs. This character corresponds to a symbol that likely represents a specific object, concept, or sound within the broader repertoire of over a thousand hieroglyphic signs used in religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records from ancient Egypt. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation and study of Egyptian script, enabling researchers to preserve and analyze these historical characters in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13B20
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	𓬠
HTML Hex Encoding	𓬠
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xAC 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDF20
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013B20
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udf20

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-22-024
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A lion, lying down, with the face of a man, with a long, curved beard and coif, with an uraeus on its forehead (E151), with a vessel on its front paw.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	m
kEH_UniK	E276A