U+13B22 "𓬢" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓬢

U+13B22 "𓬢" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph Control Characters block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the encoding of ancient Egyptian texts. This particular code point represents a placeholder or generic hieroglyphic sign, often used in digital transcriptions when the exact identity of a hieroglyph is unknown or when a general symbol for a hieroglyph is needed. It functions as a control character rather than a direct representation of a specific ancient Egyptian word or sound, allowing scholars and software to handle gaps or uncertain readings in textual reconstructions. By including such placeholder characters, Unicode facilitates the accurate digital preservation and study of Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions across modern computing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+13B22
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 𓬢
HTML Hex Encoding 𓬢
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x93 0xAC 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD80E 0xDF22
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00013B22
C/C++/Java Escape \ud80e\udf22

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-22-029
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, on top of a base, front paw holding a sealed ointment jar, without ties (W2) in its front paw, with the jar resting on the base.
kEH_Func Logogram (presenting myrrh)
kEH_FVal šms ꜥntyw
kEH_UniK HJ E159B
kEH_JSesh E159B
kEH_HG E159B
kEH_IFAO 142,5