U+13E85 "𓺅" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13E85 "𓺅" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the extended repertoire of Egyptian hieroglyphs included in Unicode's Egyptian Hieroglyph Extended-A block, representing a visual symbol used in ancient Egyptian writing. This particular glyph, cataloged under a numerical index rather than a traditional Gardiner sign list designation, serves as a placeholder or generic hieroglyphic indicator, often denoting a variety of pictorial or phonetic values depending on its textual context within inscriptions. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that scholars and digital typographers can accurately encode and render this specialized character for academic research, linguistic analysis, and the preservation of Egyptian textual heritage.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13E85
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	𓺅
HTML Hex Encoding	𓺅
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xBA 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDE85
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013E85
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\ude85

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-14-013
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A flowering reed, with two shoots at the bottom, at 45 degree forwards.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ꞽ
kEH_UniK	HJ M233
kEH_JSesh	M233
kEH_HG	M233