U+13DAF "𓶯" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓶯

U+13DAF "𓶯" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the extended Egyptian Hieroglyph repertoire, part of the Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block introduced in Unicode 16.0 to support the accurate encoding and display of complex ancient Egyptian writing. This particular character serves as a placeholder or formatting sign, often used in combination with other hieroglyphs to represent a generic or undetermined sign in scholarly transliteration and digital typesetting, rather than depicting a single, named ideogram or phonogram. Its inclusion helps modern researchers and software systems faithfully reproduce the nuanced layout and structure of original hieroglyphic texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13DAF
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	𓶯
HTML Hex Encoding	𓶯
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB6 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDDAF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013DAF
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\uddaf

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-12-012
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A snake, with its head facing its tail, with a knife with a triangular blade and straight handle (T30A) at its neck, and two over its body in the horizontal section.
kEH_Func	Classifier snake, serpent
kEH_FVal	nḥꜣ-ḥr
kEH_UniK	I084A