U+13E23 "𓸣" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓸣

U+13E23 "𓸣" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A block, representing a symbolic figure used in ancient Egyptian writing, often associated with deities, royal iconography, or ritual objects from the Late Period through the Greco-Roman era. This character is encoded to preserve and digitally represent the intricate hieroglyphic system that combines logographic and phonetic elements, allowing for accurate transcription and study of ancient texts in modern computing environments. Its inclusion in Unicode supports scholars, linguists, and enthusiasts in rendering and analyzing one of humanity’s earliest complex writing systems without relying on placeholder images or specialized fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13E23
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	𓸣
HTML Hex Encoding	𓸣
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB8 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDE23
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013E23
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\ude23

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-05-021
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A palm branch, stripped of leaves and notched with a sharp notch (M4B), on top of a circle.
kEH_Func	Logogram (time/season)
kEH_FVal	tr
kEH_UniK	HJ M064A
kEH_JSesh	M64A
kEH_HG	M64A
kEH_IFAO	236,5