U+13DE2 "𓷢" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13DE2 "𓷢" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script, part of the Unicode block designated for Egyptian Hieroglyphs (U+13000–U+1342E) and known officially as "Egyptian Hieroglyph-13DE2." This character represents a distinct grapheme used in the writing system of ancient Egypt, which combined logographic, syllabic, and alphabetic elements to record the Egyptian language. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates the accurate digital representation, preservation, and study of ancient texts, allowing scholars and enthusiasts to encode and display the complex visual forms of hieroglyphs in modern computing environments without relying on images or specialized fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13DE2
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	𓷢
HTML Hex Encoding	𓷢
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB7 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDDE2
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013DE2
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udde2

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	L-01-005
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A dung beetle, scarab (scarabaeus sacer), with the red crown (S3) on its head.
kEH_Func	Logogram/Phonemogram (life to)
kEH_FVal	ꜥnḫ-n
kEH_UniK	L001D