U+13FFE "𓿾" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13FFE "𓿾" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a relatively recent addition to the standard, belonging to the Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A block which was introduced in Unicode version 16.0 released in September 2024. This specific glyph represents a late period hieroglyph, often used in Ptolemaic and Roman era texts, and its inclusion facilitates the digital representation and scholarly study of ancient Egyptian writing. The character is identified by the formal name "Egyptian Hieroglyph-#" with the hash symbol acting as a placeholder for its specific phonetic or semantic value, which is detailed in the official Unicode character database and associated transliteration tables. Its encoding allows researchers, linguists, and digital humanities projects to accurately preserve, publish, and analyze Egyptian texts without relying on image-based representations.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13FFE
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	𓿾
HTML Hex Encoding	𓿾
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xBF 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDFFE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013FFE
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udffe

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-21-021
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A fence, consisting of four forward angled lines with a bulb at the end, on top of a horizontal base.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	šsp
kEH_UniK	HJ O043B
kEH_JSesh	O43B
kEH_HG	O43B
kEH_IFAO	320,8