U+13E1D "𓸝" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13E1D "𓸝" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph block, functioning as a placeholder or unknown sign in the Unicode standard for ancient Egyptian writing. This character represents a generic hieroglyphic symbol that has not been definitively assigned a specific phonetic or semantic value, serving instead as a code point for unclassified or unidentifiable signs in digital text encoding. Its inclusion allows scholars and software systems to handle undetermined hieroglyphs without losing textual data, particularly in transcriptions or databases where the exact ancient symbol is uncertain or missing from the standardized repertoire.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13E1D
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	𓸝
HTML Hex Encoding	𓸝
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB8 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDE1D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013E1D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\ude1d

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-05-011
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A palm branch, stripped of leaves and notched with a sharp notch (M4B), on top of a half round loaf of bread (X1).
kEH_Func	Logogram (year)
kEH_FVal	rnp.t
kEH_UniK	HJ M005B
kEH_JSesh	M5B
kEH_HG	M5B
kEH_IFAO	235,12