U+13BC5 "𓯅" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13BC5 "𓯅" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in the Unicode Standard, specifically representing a sign from the ancient Egyptian writing system that was used for logographic and phonetic purposes in religious, funerary, and administrative texts. This particular character corresponds to a hieroglyphic symbol cataloged in the Gardiner list under the category of human figures or activities, though its exact reading and meaning depend on its context, such as its use in the word for a specific deity, object, or action. As part of the extended hieroglyph repertoire, it enables digital encoding of Egyptian texts, facilitating scholarly research, preservation, and modern typography for one of history's earliest writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13BC5
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	𓯅
HTML Hex Encoding	𓯅
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xAF 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDFC5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013BC5
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udfc5

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-20-002
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A gray heron (Ardea cinerea) (G31), on top of the skin of a goat (F26).
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	bḫ
kEH_UniK	HJ F124
kEH_JSesh	F124
kEH_HG	F124
kEH_IFAO	161,3