U+13E8B "𓺋" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𓺋

U+13E8B "𓺋" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a representation of an unspecified or placeholder hieroglyph from the ancient Egyptian writing system, belonging to the Egyptian Hieroglyph Extended-A block added in Unicode 16.0 in September 2024. This particular code point is designated as a "generic" or "unassigned" hieroglyphic sign, often used for numbering or as a stand-in when a specific glyph is not recognized or needed in digital text processing. Its inclusion helps complete the coverage of the Gardiner sign list, ensuring that Egyptologists and linguists can accurately encode and transmit hieroglyphic texts with proper placeholders for unknown or damaged characters.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13E8B
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	𓺋
HTML Hex Encoding	𓺋
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xBA 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDE8B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013E8B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\ude8b

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-15-009
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A clump of reeds.
kEH_Func	Classifier reeds/rushes
kEH_FVal	ꞽꜣr.w
kEH_UniK	M255