U+13B6A "𓭪" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13B6A "𓭪" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the extended Egyptian Hieroglyph repertoire, encoded in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block of Unicode, which covers the formal writing system of ancient Egypt. This particular character, often identified by its Gardiner sign number or designated simply as a placeholder hieroglyph, represents a symbolic figure used in religious, administrative, and monumental inscriptions. It is part of a standardized digital encoding effort that allows researchers, linguists, and historians to accurately represent and share ancient Egyptian texts across modern digital platforms, preserving the visual and linguistic integrity of the hieroglyphic script.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13B6A
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	𓭪
HTML Hex Encoding	𓭪
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xAD 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDF6A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013B6A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udf6a

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-03-003
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The head of a bovid (ox) with outwards curving horns, with a short vertical stroke under the chin (beard?).
kEH_Func	Logogram (bull)
kEH_FVal	kꜣ
kEH_UniK	F001D