U+13EF8 "𓻸" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13EF8 "𓻸" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a sign from the ancient Egyptian writing system, belonging to the “Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A” block. This particular character is classified under the category of an earth, water, or sky sign, often associated with water or liquid concepts. It visually depicts a stylized representation of a water ripple or channel, commonly used in scripts to convey notions of water, moisture, or related elements. In the context of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, it served as a logogram or determinative within larger inscriptions, helping to specify the meaning of adjacent words tied to these elemental themes.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13EF8
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	𓻸
HTML Hex Encoding	𓻸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xBB 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDEF8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013EF8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udef8

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-09-014
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Three half-circles of dots written on top of each other.
kEH_Func	Logogram (to gleam, to be bright, to dazzle)
kEH_FVal	ṯḥn
kEH_UniK	N018E