U+13ECA "𓻊" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13ECA "𓻊" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph within the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which encodes signs from the ancient Egyptian writing system used for logographic and alphabetic purposes. This particular character, cataloged under the designation "Egyptian Hieroglyph-#," likely represents a symbolic or phonetic element from the rich corpus of hieroglyphic script, though its exact meaning and transliteration depend on the context of its use in historical texts. As part of Unicode's effort to preserve and digitize ancient scripts, U+13ECA enables modern digital representation and study of Egyptian hieroglyphs, bridging millennia-old writing with contemporary technology.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13ECA
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	𓻊
HTML Hex Encoding	𓻊
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xBB 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDECA
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013ECA
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udeca

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	N-01-015
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A star, attached with a vertical line to the sky, with a second shorter vertical line beside it.
kEH_Func	Classifier darkness
kEH_FVal	wḫꜣ
kEH_UniK	HJ N046B
kEH_JSesh	N46B
kEH_HG	N46B
kEH_IFAO	261,10