U+13C5B "𓱛" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13C5B "𓱛" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph Extended-A block, part of the Unicode Standard's ongoing effort to encode ancient Egyptian writing for modern digital use. This character represents a numeral symbol, specifically a hieroglyphic sign for a high value or a fraction within the Egyptian numeric system, often used in administrative or monumental inscriptions to denote quantities such as hundreds, thousands, or fractional portions of a hekat measure. Its inclusion allows scholars, linguists, and digital humanities projects to accurately reproduce ancient Egyptian texts and mathematical records in plain text, preserving the visual and semantic nuance of the original script without relying on images or specialized fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13C5B
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	𓱛
HTML Hex Encoding	𓱛
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB1 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDC5B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013C5B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udc5b

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-11-082
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A crested ibis (Ibis comata), with a spiral, winding counterclockwise away from its central point, ending at the right lower corner after about one and a half turns (Z7) on its claws.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ꜣḫw
kEH_UniK	HJ G190
kEH_JSesh	G190
kEH_HG	G190
kEH_IFAO	182,10