U+13CBA "𓲺" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13CBA "𓲺" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, specifically categorized under the group of signs used to represent a nili meter or a water-related measurement, often depicted as a stylized vertical measuring rod or pole with horizontal markings. This hieroglyph corresponds to the Gardiner sign list number Aa28 or a similar variant, and it was historically employed in ancient Egyptian inscriptions to denote concepts of depth, inundation levels, or the measure of the Nile’s floodwaters, particularly in the context of agricultural planning and record keeping. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation and study of this ancient script, bridging modern computing with millennia old writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13CBA
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	𓲺
HTML Hex Encoding	𓲺
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB2 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDCBA
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013CBA
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udcba

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-13-024
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A falcon, with spread wings that angle downwards, without legs, with one handed fans with the top replaced by a feather, written over the wing, angling outwards.
kEH_Func	Logogram (to protect)
kEH_FVal	ḫwꞽ
kEH_UniK	G331