U+13BCE "𓯎" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13BCE "𓯎" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to encode a selection of signs from the later periods of the Egyptian language, particularly those used for Ptolemaic and other late hieroglyphic texts. This particular character represents a stylized human or divine form, often identified as a seated deity or a specific determinative, and its inclusion allows for the accurate digital representation of ancient Egyptian inscriptions that were previously unsupported by standard fonts. While its exact transliteration or phonetic value can vary depending on the context and scholarly conventions, its encoding ensures that historical and linguistic documents can faithfully preserve the visual and functional nuances of the original script.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13BCE
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	𓯎
HTML Hex Encoding	𓯎
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xAF 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDFCE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013BCE
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udfce

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-20-027
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The body of a bird with the head replaced with a flower and stem, the stem curling backwards around a flower and long stem in a vase.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	wt
kEH_UniK	HJ M223
kEH_JSesh	M223
kEH_HG	M223
kEH_IFAO	162,9