U+13C28 "𓰨" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓰨

U+13C28 "𓰨" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard as part of version 12.0 in 2019 to support the encoding of ancient Egyptian writing. This particular character is designated as a "format" character rather than a typical representational hieroglyph, functioning as an invisible control character used to signal that the preceding group of hieroglyphs should be treated as a single reading unit or ligature, often to avoid automatic spacing or segmentation by rendering systems. Its inclusion helps scholars and digital linguists accurately replicate the layout and syntax of original hieroglyphic inscriptions, preserving the nuanced structure of the script in modern text processing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13C28
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	𓰨
HTML Hex Encoding	𓰨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB0 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDC28
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013C28
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udc28

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-08-012
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons), head angled downwards, with open beak.
kEH_Func	Phono-repeater
kEH_FVal	ḥtm
kEH_UniK	HJ G173
kEH_JSesh	G173
kEH_HG	G173
kEH_IFAO	196,11