U+13D8E "𓶎" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13D8E "𓶎" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph Extended-A block, representing a sign in the ancient Egyptian writing system whose precise semantic value or phonetic reading is not always universally standardized, as indicated by the placeholder "#" in its official name, which typically signifies that the character corresponds to a numbered Gardiner or other reference classification for undetermined or rare hieroglyphs. This character is part of a larger Unicode initiative to digitally encode the rich corpus of hieroglyphic script, enabling scholars and enthusiasts to accurately represent, search, and preserve ancient Egyptian texts in modern digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13D8E
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	𓶎
HTML Hex Encoding	𓶎
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB6 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDD8E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013D8E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udd8e

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-11-043
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A cobra (Naja haje), standing up, with expanded hood (uraeus) (I64), wearing a headdress consisting of a sun disk between the horns of a bovid (F102), on top of a standard used for the carrying of religious symbols with the vertical stick at the far side (R92A).
kEH_Func	Logogram (goddess)
kEH_FVal	nṯr.t
kEH_UniK	I062A