U+13C4E "𓱎" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13C4E "𓱎" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A block, representing a numeric notation used in ancient Egyptian writing systems, where the symbol typically denotes a value of one hundred thousand. This character was added to the Unicode standard to facilitate the accurate digital representation and preservation of ancient Egyptian texts, particularly for scholarly work in Egyptology and historical linguistics. Its inclusion helps modern researchers and software systems consistently encode the detailed numeral system of hieroglyphic script, ensuring that such historical data can be stored, searched, and displayed across different platforms without loss of meaning.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13C4E
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	𓱎
HTML Hex Encoding	𓱎
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB1 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDC4E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013C4E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udc4e

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-11-055
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A gray heron (Ardea cinerea) (G31), on top of a standard used for the carrying of religious symbols with the vertical stick at the far side (R92A).
kEH_Func	Logogram (god)
kEH_FVal	nṯr
kEH_UniK	G031J