U+13DEB "𓷫" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13DEB "𓷫" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a rare and specialized sign from the Egyptian Hieroglyph Extended-A block, encoded specifically for representing an unidentified or placeholder glyph within digital text systems that support ancient Egyptian writing. This character functions as a generic symbol, often used when a specific hieroglyphic sign is needed but its exact identity is unknown or not yet assigned a unique codepoint in the Unicode Standard. As part of the ongoing effort to digitally preserve the vast corpus of Egyptian hieroglyphs, U+13DEB helps maintain structural fidelity in transcription and academic study by allowing scholars and software to denote a gap or a sign whose meaning and classification require further research. Its inclusion underscores the work of encoding historical scripts with room for future expansion and detailed analysis.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13DEB
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	𓷫
HTML Hex Encoding	𓷫
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB7 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDDEB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013DEB
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\uddeb

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-01-022
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A dung beetle, scarab (scarabaeus sacer), with the head of a falcon.
kEH_Func	Logogram (scarab (amulet))
kEH_FVal	ḫprr
kEH_UniK	HJ L029
kEH_JSesh	L29
kEH_HG	L29