U+13DF9 "𓷹" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13DF9 "𓷹" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a recently encoded sign from the Egyptian Hieroglyph Extended-A block, representing a specific hieroglyphic symbol used in ancient Egyptian writing. This character, designated as an Egyptian Hieroglyph with a placeholder number indicated by the hash symbol, was added to the Unicode Standard to facilitate the digital representation and scholarly study of ancient Egyptian texts, particularly those from later periods like the Ptolemaic and Roman eras. Its inclusion expands the repertoire of over a thousand hieroglyphs available in digital formats, allowing linguists and historians to more accurately transcribe and analyze inscriptions without needing to rely on special fonts or image substitutions. While its precise meaning or phonetic value would require reference to specialized Egyptological databases or corpora, it generally contributes to the comprehensive encoding of the rich visual vocabulary of hieroglyphic writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13DF9
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	𓷹
HTML Hex Encoding	𓷹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB7 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDDF9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013DF9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\uddf9

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-07-005
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A click beetle (Lanelater Notodonta).
kEH_Func	Classifier beetle
kEH_FVal	ꜥnḫ
kEH_UniK	L008A