U+13D5B "𓵛" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓵛

U+13D5B "𓵛" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific symbol from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, officially designated as part of the Gardiner sign list's category for numerals and fractions, though its exact identification and meaning remain partially obscure due to the vast and specialized nature of the hieroglyphic corpus. This character represents a unique graphical sign used in ancient Egyptian writing, often associated with numeric or quantifiable concepts, and it was encoded in Unicode to support digital preservation and scholarly analysis of the language. Its inclusion allows researchers, linguists, and historians to accurately reproduce and study the nuanced notation system of pharaonic Egypt, bridging ancient scripts with modern technology.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13D5B
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	𓵛
HTML Hex Encoding	𓵛
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB5 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDD5B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013D5B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udd5b

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	I-06-011
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A snake, upon two sets of legs in a walking posture, feet orientated towards the reading direction (D54).
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ꞽnḏ
kEH_UniK	I096A
kEH_JSesh	I96VARA
kEH_HG	I96A