U+13E09 "𓸉" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13E09 "𓸉" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A block, representing a lesser-known or specialized hieroglyph used in ancient Egyptian writing to denote a particular sound, concept, or grammatical function. This character belongs to a subset of the hieroglyphic script that includes signs for phonetic values or ideograms, often found in religious, funerary, or administrative texts from the Ptolemaic or Greco-Roman periods. Its precise meaning and transliteration may vary depending on the context, as the encoding aims to preserve the graphical form for digital use rather than assign a universal interpretation. Overall, U+13E09 contributes to the digital preservation of one of humanity's oldest writing systems, allowing scholars and enthusiasts to represent ancient Egyptian language accurately in modern electronic documents.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13E09
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	𓸉
HTML Hex Encoding	𓸉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB8 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDE09
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013E09
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\ude09

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	M-02-003
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A doum palm tree (Hyphaene thebaica) with sprouts a the bottom, with doum palm dates hanging from the top.
kEH_Func	Classifier doum palm
kEH_FVal	mꜣmꜣ
kEH_UniK	M055A