U+13E22 "𓸢" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13E22 "𓸢" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block, specifically a rarely used formatting code point designated as a control character for the layout and grouping of hieroglyphic signs in digital text. Unlike regular hieroglyphs that represent specific words or sounds, this character functions as an invisible marker to manage how adjacent hieroglyphs are visually arranged, such as horizontal or vertical stacking, within a sequence. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for accurate rendering of the complex writing system on modern devices, ensuring that the ancient script can be displayed with proper spatial relationships between signs.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13E22
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	𓸢
HTML Hex Encoding	𓸢
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB8 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDE22
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013E22
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\ude22

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-05-020
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A palm branch, stripped of leaves and notched with a sharp notch (M4B), on top of a plan of a crossroads in a village (O49).
kEH_Func	Classifier/phono-repeater
kEH_FVal	tr
kEH_UniK	M064B