U+13FF4 "𓿴" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13FF4 "𓿴" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a code point within the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2009 under version 5.2 to facilitate digital encoding of ancient Egyptian writing. This specific glyph represents a particular sign from the hieroglyphic script, though its exact linguistic value or classification as a Gardiner sign remains unspecified by the general Unicode name, which uses a placeholder hash symbol to indicate its role as a non specific character in the block. The inclusion of such code points allows for the representation of over 1,000 known hieroglyphs, enabling modern computing systems to display and process these historical symbols for academic study, digital archives, and cultural preservation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13FF4
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	𓿴
HTML Hex Encoding	𓿴
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xBF 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDFF4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013FF4
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udff4

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-20-006
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A stairway, with a rectangle in the bottom corner.
kEH_Func	Classifier dais, terrace, platform
kEH_FVal	ḫt(.w)
kEH_UniK	O225A