U+13C79 "𓱹" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓱹

U+13C79 "𓱹" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script, encoded within the Unicode standard to support digital representation of this historic writing system. This particular glyph, part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block (U+13000 to U+1342F), is classified under the category of a "control character" or "formatting" sign, often used in scholarly transcriptions to indicate an unknown, damaged, or unclassified hieroglyph, much like a placeholder or a wildcard in text. Its inclusion in Unicode allows linguists, Egyptologists, and digital humanities projects to accurately preserve, study, and display ancient Egyptian texts with precise notation for uncertain or missing characters.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13C79
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	𓱹
HTML Hex Encoding	𓱹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB1 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDC79
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013C79
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udc79

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-12-041
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A falcon (G5), wearing a headdress consisting of the horns of a ram with two plumes on top of it (S62).
kEH_Func	Logogram (Horus)
kEH_FVal	ḥr
kEH_UniK	HJ G109
kEH_JSesh	G109
kEH_HG	G109
kEH_IFAO	187,3