U+13F57 "𓽗" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13F57 "𓽗" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which encodes ancient Egyptian writing symbols used primarily for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records. This particular character, identified by its Gardiner sign number (likely a variant of a category like "N" for sky, earth, water, or "V" for cord, fiber, baskets, etc.), represents a stylized visual element that could denote a concept, object, or phonetic sound within the complex logographic and alphabetic system of Middle Egyptian. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation and study of ancient Egyptian language, facilitating modern scholarship, typography, and digital humanities projects that require accurate textual preservation of these historically significant symbols.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13F57
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	𓽗
HTML Hex Encoding	𓽗
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xBD 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDF57
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013F57
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udf57

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	O-03-012
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Three plans of a rectangular enclosure, with an internal rectangle in the lower corner away from the reading direction, connected to each other.
kEH_Func	Logogram (temples, mansions, estates)
kEH_FVal	ḥw.wt
kEH_UniK	O084
kEH_JSesh	O84