U+13EAF "𓺯" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13EAF "𓺯" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support a broader range of ancient Egyptian writing for modern digital text encoding. This particular character belongs to a category of hieroglyphs that represent numerals or counting symbols, often used in inscriptions for tallying goods, years, or other quantities in administrative and religious contexts. Its inclusion allows scholars and digital humanists to accurately transcribe and display Egyptian texts that use these numeric signs, preserving the precise semantic role of the symbol as distinct from alphabetic or logographic signs.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13EAF
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	𓺯
HTML Hex Encoding	𓺯
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xBA 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDEAF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013EAF
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udeaf

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-22-029
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A bundle of flax stems, bound together by string, loop and tie at the back, with a widened base resembling the mirror of the letter L.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ḏr
kEH_UniK	HJ M037B
kEH_JSesh	M37B
kEH_HG	M37B
kEH_IFAO	257,4