U+13B66 "𓭦" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓭦

U+13B66 "𓭦" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the extended Egyptian Hieroglyph repertoire, formally categorized as part of the Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block, though it is not a traditional hieroglyphic sign but rather a placeholder or control character used in digital encoding to indicate a missing or unsupported hieroglyph within a text. It is often employed by researchers and digital humanities projects to represent a lacunae or an unidentifiable sign during transcription or when a specific character is not available in the current font, helping to maintain the structural integrity of transliterated ancient Egyptian texts without relying on substitution symbols.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13B66
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	𓭦
HTML Hex Encoding	𓭦
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xAD 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDF66
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013B66
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udf66

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	F-02-010
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The forepart of a ram (Ovis longipes palaeo-aegyptiacus), with beard, with a second head looking backwards.
kEH_Func	Logogram (worth, dignity, renown)
kEH_FVal	šf.yt
kEH_UniK	HJ F170
kEH_JSesh	F170
kEH_HG	F170