U+13B89 "𓮉" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13B89 "𓮉" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph Extended-A block, which represents a numeral sign used in ancient Egyptian writing for expressing numerical values, often serving as a stroke or tally mark within the broader hieroglyphic numeric system. This character is part of a set of hieroglyphs that scribes employed to denote quantity, typically appearing in inscriptions on temple walls, papyri, and funerary texts to count objects, offerings, or units of measure. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital representations of ancient Egyptian texts can accurately convey these numeric symbols, preserving the linguistic and historical context of a civilization that relied on such signs for administrative, religious, and record-keeping purposes.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13B89
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	𓮉
HTML Hex Encoding	𓮉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xAE 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDF89
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013B89
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udf89

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-06-003
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A representation of two ribs, written parallel (Aa15), written over the neck of the head of an antelope (F81).
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	šsm
kEH_UniK	HJ F083
kEH_JSesh	F83
kEH_HG	F83
kEH_IFAO	151,3