U+13BCA "𓯊" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓯊

U+13BCA "𓯊" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific symbol from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the ancient Egyptian writing system used for over three thousand years. This particular glyph represents a hieroglyphic sign, though its exact meaning or phonetic value is not directly encoded in the Unicode name and requires reference to Egyptological catalogues such as Gardiner's sign list for interpretation. As part of the effort to digitally preserve ancient scripts, this character allows researchers and enthusiasts to represent, study, and transmit Egyptian texts in modern computing environments without relying on images or specialized fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13BCA
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	𓯊
HTML Hex Encoding	𓯊
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xAF 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDFCA
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013BCA
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udfca

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-20-013
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The skin of a leopard.
kEH_Func	Classifier leopard skin
kEH_FVal	bꜣ
kEH_UniK	HJ F125
kEH_JSesh	F125
kEH_HG	F125
kEH_IFAO	161,10