U+13CE8 "𓳨" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13CE8 "𓳨" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the standard to digitally encode the ancient writing system of Egypt. This particular character falls into the category of hieroglyphs used for phonetic, logographic, or determinative purposes in religious, administrative, and monumental texts from the Nile Valley. Its exact meaning can vary depending on the context, as Egyptian hieroglyphs often represent sounds, whole words, or semantic classifiers. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode allows for the accurate preservation and digital exchange of scholarly transcriptions and modern analyses of ancient Egyptian language, though interpreting the symbol requires expertise in Egyptology and the specific historical period of its use.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13CE8
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	𓳨
HTML Hex Encoding	𓳨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB3 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDCE8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013CE8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udce8

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-20-020
kEH_Core	N
kEH_UniK	HJ G310
kEH_JSesh	G310
kEH_HG	G310