U+13C20 "𓰠" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓰠

U+13C20 "𓰠" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific symbol belonging to the Egyptian Hieroglyph Extended-A block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to represent a wide range of signs from ancient Egyptian writing. This particular character is classified as a control or formatting sign, often described as a "shading" or "fill" element, and it encodes the shape of a small, dark, rectangular or block-like hieroglyphic marker used in ancient texts. It serves a specialized function in digital representations of hieroglyphs, such as indicating areas of text that should be visually distinguished or filled in, and is part of ongoing efforts to accurately preserve and display the rich script of ancient Egypt in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13C20
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	𓰠
HTML Hex Encoding	𓰠
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB0 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDC20
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013C20
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udc20

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	G-05-023
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Three ducks or geese, both wings above the body, standing, overlapping each other vertically, rotated 90 degree.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ḥtr
kEH_UniK	HJ G078
kEH_JSesh	G78
kEH_HG	G78
kEH_IFAO	175,7