U+13ECE "𓻎" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13ECE "𓻎" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, encoded under the Unicode Standard to represent a sign from the ancient Egyptian writing system. This particular hieroglyph, part of a vast set of over a thousand such symbols, corresponds to a distinct pictographic or phonetic element used in monumental inscriptions and religious texts from the pharaonic period. While its exact meaning or transliteration as a numbered placeholder (the "#" in its descriptive name indicating a catalog reference) depends on the Gardiner or other sign list classification, it belongs to the rich corpus of signs that scribes employed to convey nouns, sounds, or determinatives. Its inclusion in Unicode enables digital preservation, scholarly study, and modern typographic representation of this historic script across global platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13ECE
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	𓻎
HTML Hex Encoding	𓻎
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xBB 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDECE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013ECE
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udece

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-01-025
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The sun disk (N5) on top of the sky.
kEH_Func	Classifier dawn
kEH_FVal	ꜥnḏ
kEH_UniK	HJ N049
kEH_JSesh	N49
kEH_HG	N49