U+13DF8 "𓷸" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓷸

U+13DF8 "𓷸" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block and represents a specific glyph from the ancient Egyptian writing system, though its exact phonetic or semantic meaning is not universally standardized in modern encoding. This character, identified by its unique code point, is used primarily in digital contexts for representing hieroglyphic text, often for scholarly, linguistic, or historical research involving Egyptian inscriptions. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the preservation and electronic exchange of these ancient symbols, facilitating work in Egyptology and related fields without requiring specialized fonts for each glyph.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13DF8
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	𓷸
HTML Hex Encoding	𓷸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB7 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDDF8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013DF8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\uddf8

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-07-003
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A butterfly.
kEH_Func	Classifier to open
kEH_FVal	sꜣš
kEH_UniK	HJ L034
kEH_JSesh	L34
kEH_HG	L34