U+13D5D "𓵝" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13D5D "𓵝" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a glyph belonging to the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the encoding of ancient Egyptian writing. This specific character represents a hieroglyphic sign, though its precise phonetic or semantic value is not immediately defined by the Unicode encoding; rather, its meaning depends on its context within the larger system of hieroglyphic script, which combines logographic, syllabic, and alphabetic elements. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode allows for the digital preservation, scholarly analysis, and display of ancient Egyptian texts across modern computing platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13D5D
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	𓵝
HTML Hex Encoding	𓵝
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB5 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDD5D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013D5D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udd5d

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-07-004
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A horned desert viper (Cerastes cerastes), written vertically.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	f
kEH_UniK	HJ I009B
kEH_JSesh	I9B
kEH_HG	I9B
kEH_IFAO	214,13