U+13BCF "𓯏" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13BCF "𓯏" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, specifically categorized under the group of signs used in the ancient Egyptian writing system. This particular glyph, known as the "Egyp. Hieroglyph-#" placeholder designation, represents a specific logographic or phonetic element from the extensive hieroglyphic repertoire, though its exact meaning and transliteration are not explicitly defined in the Unicode standard. It was encoded in Unicode version 12.0 in 2019 to support the digital representation of ancient Egyptian texts, allowing scholars and enthusiasts to render and study these historic symbols in modern computing environments. Its distinctive wedge-shaped and linear forms reflect the artistic and symbolic nature of hieroglyphic writing, which combined ideograms, phonograms, and determinatives to convey complex linguistic and cultural information.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13BCF
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	𓯏
HTML Hex Encoding	𓯏
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xAF 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDFCF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013BCF
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\udfcf

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-20-029
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The skin of a goat, wrapped around a pole.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ḫnt
kEH_UniK	HJ F127
kEH_JSesh	F127
kEH_HG	F127