Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Unicode block)

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Egyptian Hieroglyphs
RangeU+13000..U+1342F
(1,072 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Assigned1,072 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.2 (2009)1,071 (+1,071)
15.0 (2022)1,072 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1] [2]

Egyptian Hieroglyphs is a Unicode block containing the Gardiner's sign list of Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Contents

Block

Egyptian Hieroglyphs [1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+1300x𓀀𓀁𓀂𓀃𓀄𓀅𓀆𓀇𓀈𓀉𓀊𓀋𓀌𓀍𓀎𓀏
U+1301x𓀐𓀑𓀒𓀓𓀔𓀕𓀖𓀗𓀘𓀙𓀚𓀛𓀜𓀝𓀞𓀟
U+1302x𓀠𓀡𓀢𓀣𓀤𓀥𓀦𓀧𓀨𓀩𓀪𓀫𓀬𓀭𓀮𓀯
U+1303x𓀰𓀱𓀲𓀳𓀴𓀵𓀶𓀷𓀸𓀹𓀺𓀻𓀼𓀽𓀾𓀿
U+1304x𓁀𓁁𓁂𓁃𓁄𓁅𓁆𓁇𓁈𓁉𓁊𓁋𓁌𓁍𓁎𓁏
U+1305x𓁐𓁑𓁒𓁓𓁔𓁕𓁖𓁗𓁘𓁙𓁚𓁛𓁜𓁝𓁞𓁟
U+1306x𓁠𓁡𓁢𓁣𓁤𓁥𓁦𓁧𓁨𓁩𓁪𓁫𓁬𓁭𓁮𓁯
U+1307x𓁰𓁱𓁲𓁳𓁴𓁵𓁶𓁷𓁸𓁹𓁺𓁻𓁼𓁽𓁾𓁿
U+1308x𓂀𓂁𓂂𓂃𓂄𓂅𓂆𓂇𓂈𓂉𓂊𓂋𓂌𓂍𓂎𓂏
U+1309x𓂐𓂑𓂒𓂓𓂔𓂕𓂖𓂗𓂘𓂙𓂚𓂛𓂜𓂝𓂞𓂟
U+130Ax𓂠𓂡𓂢𓂣𓂤𓂥𓂦𓂧𓂨𓂩𓂪𓂫𓂬𓂭𓂮𓂯
U+130Bx𓂰𓂱𓂲𓂳𓂴𓂵𓂶𓂷𓂸𓂹𓂺𓂻𓂼𓂽𓂾𓂿
U+130Cx𓃀𓃁𓃂𓃃𓃄𓃅𓃆𓃇𓃈𓃉𓃊𓃋𓃌𓃍𓃎𓃏
U+130Dx𓃐𓃑𓃒𓃓𓃔𓃕𓃖𓃗𓃘𓃙𓃚𓃛𓃜𓃝𓃞𓃟
U+130Ex𓃠𓃡𓃢𓃣𓃤𓃥𓃦𓃧𓃨𓃩𓃪𓃫𓃬𓃭𓃮𓃯
U+130Fx𓃰𓃱𓃲𓃳𓃴𓃵𓃶𓃷𓃸𓃹𓃺𓃻𓃼𓃽𓃾𓃿
U+1310x𓄀𓄁𓄂𓄃𓄄𓄅𓄆𓄇𓄈𓄉𓄊𓄋𓄌𓄍𓄎𓄏
U+1311x𓄐𓄑𓄒𓄓𓄔𓄕𓄖𓄗𓄘𓄙𓄚𓄛𓄜𓄝𓄞𓄟
U+1312x𓄠𓄡𓄢𓄣𓄤𓄥𓄦𓄧𓄨𓄩𓄪𓄫𓄬𓄭𓄮𓄯
U+1313x𓄰𓄱𓄲𓄳𓄴𓄵𓄶𓄷𓄸𓄹𓄺𓄻𓄼𓄽𓄾𓄿
U+1314x𓅀𓅁𓅂𓅃𓅄𓅅𓅆𓅇𓅈𓅉𓅊𓅋𓅌𓅍𓅎𓅏
U+1315x𓅐𓅑𓅒𓅓𓅔𓅕𓅖𓅗𓅘𓅙𓅚𓅛𓅜𓅝𓅞𓅟
U+1316x𓅠𓅡𓅢𓅣𓅤𓅥𓅦𓅧𓅨𓅩𓅪𓅫𓅬𓅭𓅮𓅯
U+1317x𓅰𓅱𓅲𓅳𓅴𓅵𓅶𓅷𓅸𓅹𓅺𓅻𓅼𓅽𓅾𓅿
U+1318x𓆀𓆁𓆂𓆃𓆄𓆅𓆆𓆇𓆈𓆉𓆊𓆋𓆌𓆍𓆎𓆏
U+1319x𓆐𓆑𓆒𓆓𓆔𓆕𓆖𓆗𓆘𓆙𓆚𓆛𓆜𓆝𓆞𓆟
U+131Ax𓆠𓆡𓆢𓆣𓆤𓆥𓆦𓆧𓆨𓆩𓆪𓆫𓆬𓆭𓆮𓆯
U+131Bx𓆰𓆱𓆲𓆳𓆴𓆵𓆶𓆷𓆸𓆹𓆺𓆻𓆼𓆽𓆾𓆿
U+131Cx𓇀𓇁𓇂𓇃𓇄𓇅𓇆𓇇𓇈𓇉𓇊𓇋𓇌𓇍𓇎𓇏
U+131Dx𓇐𓇑𓇒𓇓𓇔𓇕𓇖𓇗𓇘𓇙𓇚𓇛𓇜𓇝𓇞𓇟
U+131Ex𓇠𓇡𓇢𓇣𓇤𓇥𓇦𓇧𓇨𓇩𓇪𓇫𓇬𓇭𓇮𓇯
U+131Fx𓇰𓇱𓇲𓇳𓇴𓇵𓇶𓇷𓇸𓇹𓇺𓇻𓇼𓇽𓇾𓇿
U+1320x𓈀𓈁𓈂𓈃𓈄𓈅𓈆𓈇𓈈𓈉𓈊𓈋𓈌𓈍𓈎𓈏
U+1321x𓈐𓈑𓈒𓈓𓈔𓈕𓈖𓈗𓈘𓈙𓈚𓈛𓈜𓈝𓈞𓈟
U+1322x𓈠𓈡𓈢𓈣𓈤𓈥𓈦𓈧𓈨𓈩𓈪𓈫𓈬𓈭𓈮𓈯
U+1323x𓈰𓈱𓈲𓈳𓈴𓈵𓈶𓈷𓈸𓈹𓈺𓈻𓈼𓈽𓈾𓈿
U+1324x𓉀𓉁𓉂𓉃𓉄𓉅𓉆𓉇𓉈𓉉𓉊𓉋𓉌𓉍𓉎𓉏
U+1325x𓉐𓉑𓉒𓉓𓉔𓉕𓉖𓉗𓉘𓉙𓉚𓉛𓉜𓉝𓉞𓉟
U+1326x𓉠𓉡𓉢𓉣𓉤𓉥𓉦𓉧𓉨𓉩𓉪𓉫𓉬𓉭𓉮𓉯
U+1327x𓉰𓉱𓉲𓉳𓉴𓉵𓉶𓉷𓉸𓉹𓉺𓉻𓉼𓉽𓉾𓉿
U+1328x𓊀𓊁𓊂𓊃𓊄𓊅𓊆𓊇𓊈𓊉𓊊𓊋𓊌𓊍𓊎𓊏
U+1329x𓊐𓊑𓊒𓊓𓊔𓊕𓊖𓊗𓊘𓊙𓊚𓊛𓊜𓊝𓊞𓊟
U+132Ax𓊠𓊡𓊢𓊣𓊤𓊥𓊦𓊧𓊨𓊩𓊪𓊫𓊬𓊭𓊮𓊯
U+132Bx𓊰𓊱𓊲𓊳𓊴𓊵𓊶𓊷𓊸𓊹𓊺𓊻𓊼𓊽𓊾𓊿
U+132Cx𓋀𓋁𓋂𓋃𓋄𓋅𓋆𓋇𓋈𓋉𓋊𓋋𓋌𓋍𓋎𓋏
U+132Dx𓋐𓋑𓋒𓋓𓋔𓋕𓋖𓋗𓋘𓋙𓋚𓋛𓋜𓋝𓋞𓋟
U+132Ex𓋠𓋡𓋢𓋣𓋤𓋥𓋦𓋧𓋨𓋩𓋪𓋫𓋬𓋭𓋮𓋯
U+132Fx𓋰𓋱𓋲𓋳𓋴𓋵𓋶𓋷𓋸𓋹𓋺𓋻𓋼𓋽𓋾𓋿
U+1330x𓌀𓌁𓌂𓌃𓌄𓌅𓌆𓌇𓌈𓌉𓌊𓌋𓌌𓌍𓌎𓌏
U+1331x𓌐𓌑𓌒𓌓𓌔𓌕𓌖𓌗𓌘𓌙𓌚𓌛𓌜𓌝𓌞𓌟
U+1332x𓌠𓌡𓌢𓌣𓌤𓌥𓌦𓌧𓌨𓌩𓌪𓌫𓌬𓌭𓌮𓌯
U+1333x𓌰𓌱𓌲𓌳𓌴𓌵𓌶𓌷𓌸𓌹𓌺𓌻𓌼𓌽𓌾𓌿
U+1334x𓍀𓍁𓍂𓍃𓍄𓍅𓍆𓍇𓍈𓍉𓍊𓍋𓍌𓍍𓍎𓍏
U+1335x𓍐𓍑𓍒𓍓𓍔𓍕𓍖𓍗𓍘𓍙𓍚𓍛𓍜𓍝𓍞𓍟
U+1336x𓍠𓍡𓍢𓍣𓍤𓍥𓍦𓍧𓍨𓍩𓍪𓍫𓍬𓍭𓍮𓍯
U+1337x𓍰𓍱𓍲𓍳𓍴𓍵𓍶𓍷𓍸𓍹𓍺𓍻𓍼𓍽𓍾𓍿
U+1338x𓎀𓎁𓎂𓎃𓎄𓎅𓎆𓎇𓎈𓎉𓎊𓎋𓎌𓎍𓎎𓎏
U+1339x𓎐𓎑𓎒𓎓𓎔𓎕𓎖𓎗𓎘𓎙𓎚𓎛𓎜𓎝𓎞𓎟
U+133Ax𓎠𓎡𓎢𓎣𓎤𓎥𓎦𓎧𓎨𓎩𓎪𓎫𓎬𓎭𓎮𓎯
U+133Bx𓎰𓎱𓎲𓎳𓎴𓎵𓎶𓎷𓎸𓎹𓎺𓎻𓎼𓎽𓎾𓎿
U+133Cx𓏀𓏁𓏂𓏃𓏄𓏅𓏆𓏇𓏈𓏉𓏊𓏋𓏌𓏍𓏎𓏏
U+133Dx𓏐𓏑𓏒𓏓𓏔𓏕𓏖𓏗𓏘𓏙𓏚𓏛𓏜𓏝𓏞𓏟
U+133Ex𓏠𓏡𓏢𓏣𓏤𓏥𓏦𓏧𓏨𓏩𓏪𓏫𓏬𓏭𓏮𓏯
U+133Fx𓏰𓏱𓏲𓏳𓏴𓏵𓏶𓏷𓏸𓏹𓏺𓏻𓏼𓏽𓏾𓏿
U+1340x𓐀𓐁𓐂𓐃𓐄𓐅𓐆𓐇𓐈𓐉𓐊𓐋𓐌𓐍𓐎𓐏
U+1341x𓐐𓐑𓐒𓐓𓐔𓐕𓐖𓐗𓐘𓐙𓐚𓐛𓐜𓐝𓐞𓐟
U+1342x𓐠𓐡𓐢𓐣𓐤𓐥𓐦𓐧𓐨𓐩𓐪𓐫𓐬𓐭𓐮𓐯
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 15.1

The Egyptian Hieroglyphs Unicode block has 94 standardized variants defined to specify rotated signs: [3]

Variants
Code PointStandardVariant 1, 90°Variant 2, 180°Variant 3, 270°
U+13091𓂑𓂑︀
U+13092𓂒𓂒︀
U+13093𓂓𓂓︀
U+130A9𓂩𓂩︀
U+1310F𓄏𓄏︀
U+13117𓄗𓄗︀
U+1311C𓄜𓄜︀
U+13121𓄡𓄡︀
U+13127𓄧𓄧︀
U+13139𓄹𓄹︀𓄹︀
U+13183𓆃𓆃︀
U+13187𓆇𓆇︀
U+131A0𓆠𓆠︀𓆠︀
U+131B1𓆱𓆱︀𓆱︀
U+131B8𓆸𓆸︀
U+131B9𓆹𓆹︀
U+131BA𓆺𓆺︀
U+131CB𓇋𓇋︀
U+131EE𓇮𓇮︀𓇮︀
U+131F8𓇸𓇸︀
U+131F9𓇹𓇹︀𓇹︀
U+131FA𓇺𓇺︀𓇺︀
U+13216𓈖𓈖︀
U+13257𓉗𓉗︀
U+1327B𓉻𓉻︀
U+1327F𓉿𓉿︀𓉿︀
U+13285𓊅𓊅︀
U+1328C𓊌𓊌︀
U+132A4𓊤𓊤︀𓊤︀
U+132AA𓊪𓊪︀
U+132CB𓋋𓋋︀
U+132DC𓋜𓋜︀
U+132E7𓋧𓋧︀𓋧︀
U+132E9𓋩𓋩︀
U+132F8𓋸𓋸︀
U+132FD𓋽𓋽︀
U+13302𓌂𓌂︀
U+13303𓌃𓌃︀
U+13307𓌇𓌇︀
U+13308𓌈𓌈︀
U+13310𓌐𓌐︀
U+13311𓌑𓌑︀
U+13312𓌒𓌒︀𓌒︀
U+13313𓌓𓌓︀𓌓︀
U+13314𓌔𓌔︀𓌔︀
U+1331B𓌛𓌛︀𓌛︀
U+1331C𓌜𓌜︀
U+13321𓌡𓌡︀𓌡︀
U+13322𓌢𓌢︀𓌢︀
U+13331𓌱𓌱︀𓌱︀
U+1333B𓌻𓌻︀
U+1333C𓌼𓌼︀
U+1334A𓍊𓍊︀
U+13361𓍡𓍡︀
U+13373𓍳𓍳︀
U+13377𓍷𓍷︀
U+13378𓍸𓍸︀
U+1337D𓍽𓍽︀
U+13385𓎅𓎅︀
U+13399𓎙𓎙︀
U+1339A𓎚𓎚︀
U+133AF𓎯𓎯︀
U+133B0𓎰𓎰︀
U+133BF𓎿𓎿︀
U+133D3𓏓𓏓︀
U+133DD𓏝𓏝︀
U+133F2𓏲𓏲︀
U+133F5𓏵𓏵︀
U+133F6𓏶𓏶︀
U+13403𓐃𓐃︀
U+13416𓐖𓐖︀
U+13419𓐙𓐙︀𓐙︀𓐙︀
U+1341A𓐚𓐚︀
U+13423𓐣𓐣︀
U+1342C𓐬𓐬︀
U+1342E𓐮𓐮︀

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block:

Version Final code points [lower-alpha 1] Count L2  ID WG2  IDDocument
5.2U+13000..1342E1,071 L2/97-266 N1636 Everson, Michael (1997-08-25), Encoding Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Plane 1
L2/97-267 N1637 Everson, Michael (1997-09-18), Proposal to encode Basic Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Plane 1
L2/98-070 Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "3.A.4. item a. Egyptian hieroglyphs", Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998
L2/98-286 N1703 Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.19", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
L2/99-008 N1944 Everson, Michael (1999-01-09), Encoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs in Plane 1 of the UCS
L2/99-223 N2096, N2025-1 Schenkel, Wolfgang (1999-07-23), Comments on the question of encoding Egyptian hieroglyphs in the UCS
L2/00-010 N2103 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-01-05), "10.1", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 37, Copenhagen, Denmark: 1999-09-13—16
L2/00-128 Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
L2/00-153 Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-04-26), Further comments on historic scripts
L2/01-184R Moore, Lisa (2001-06-18), "Consensus 87-C4", Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting
L2/02-290 Hornung, Erik; Green, Lyn (2002-08-05), Two letters of support for encoding Egyptian Hieroglyphics
L2/02-281 Snell, Daniel; Hollis, Susan; Johnson, Janet (2002-08-07), Three letters of support for encoding Egyptian Hieroglyphics
L2/02-288 Everson, Michael (2002-08-13), Status report on proposal encode Egyptian Hieroglyphs
L2/02-295 Rocchi, Federico (2002-08-13), Letter of support for encoding Egyptian Hieroglyphics
L2/02-307 Baines, John (2002-08-20), Letter of support for encoding Egyptian Hieroglyphics
L2/05-311 Cook, Richard; Everson, Michael; McGowan, Rick; Richmond, Robert (2005-10-24), Revised proposal to encode Egyptian hieroglyphs in Plane 1 of the UCS
L2/05-312 Cook, Richard (2005-10-24), Sample of Hieroglyphic mapping data file
L2/05-313 Cook, Richard (2005-10-24), Scans from Catalog of the Egyptian Hieroglyphic Printing Type
L2/06-354 N3181 Everson, Michael; Richmond, Bob (2006-10-29), Towards a Proposal to encode Egyptian Hieroglyphs in Unicode
L2/06-355 N3182 Everson, Michael (2006-10-29), Sources for the encoding of Egyptian Hieroglyphs
L2/06-356 N3183 Everson, Michael; Richmond, Bob (2006-10-29), Report on progress made at the Oxford meeting of Egyptologists
L2/07-097 N3237 Everson, Michael; et al. (2007-04-10), Proposal to encode Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the SMP of the UCS
N3353 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-10-10), "M51.11k - M51.11m", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 51 Hanzhou, China; 2007-04-24/27
L2/07-118R2 Moore, Lisa (2007-05-23), "111-C17", UTC #111 Minutes
L2/07-268 N3253 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-07-26), "M50.29", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27
L2/07-292 N3308 Everson, Michael (2007-08-31), Towards a default deterministic ordering for Egyptian Hieroglyphs
L2/07-306 N3310 Aguizy, Ola El (2007-09-04), Letter in Support of N3237 Egyptian Hieroglyphs Proposal
L2/07-345 Moore, Lisa (2007-10-25), "Consensus 113-C14", UTC #113 Minutes, Accept the revised repertoire for Egyptian Hieroglyphs as documented in L2/07-322.
L2/15-069 Richmond, Bob (2015-02-03), Egyptian Hieroglyphs in Unicode plain text, a note on a suggested approach
L2/15-149 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Pandey, Anshuman; Glass, Andrew (2015-05-03), "14. Egyptian", Recommendations to UTC #143 May 2015 on Script Proposals
L2/15-208 Davis, Mark (2015-07-27), Hieroglyphs as emoji?
L2/15-209 Davis, Mark (2015-07-27), Egyptian hieroglyphs spreadsheet
L2/15-187 Moore, Lisa (2015-08-11), "E.1.9", UTC #144 Minutes
L2/21-028 Anderson, Deborah; Suignard, Michel (2021-01-07), Glyph changes to Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Unicode 14.0 with proposed annotations
L2/21-016R Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2021-01-14), "8a. Glyph changes to Egyptian Hieroglyphs block", Recommendations to UTC #166 January 2021 on Script Proposals
L2/21-009 Moore, Lisa (2021-01-27), "B.1 — 8a. Glyph changes to Egyptian Hieroglyphs block", UTC #166 Minutes
L2/21-248 Glass, Andrew; Grotenhuis, Jorke; Nederhof, Mark-Jan; Polis, Stéphane; Rosmorduc, Serge; Werning, Daniel A. (2021-12-22), Additional control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts
L2/22-012R Werning, Daniel A. (2022-04-22), Rotations of Egyptian Hieroglyphs to be Registered in Unicode
L2/22-023 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2022-01-22), "4b Variation Sequences for Egyptian Hieroglyphs", Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals
L2/22-016 Constable, Peter (2022-04-21), "D.1 4b Variation Sequences for Egyptian Hieroglyphs", UTC #170 Minutes
15.0U+1342F1 L2/21-208 Glass, Andrew; Grotenhuis, Jorke; Nederhof, Mark-Jan; Polis, Stéphane; Rosmorduc, Serge; Werning, Daniel A. (2021-08-11), Additional control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts
L2/21-174 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Liang, Hai (2021-10-01), "2a. Format Control Characters", Recommendations to UTC #169 October 2021 on Script Proposals
L2/21-248 Glass, Andrew; Grotenhuis, Jorke; Nederhof, Mark-Jan; Polis, Stéphane; Rosmorduc, Serge; Werning, Daniel A. (2021-12-22), Additional control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts
L2/22-023 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2022-01-22), "4a. Format Control Characters", Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals
L2/22-016 Constable, Peter (2022-04-21), "D.1 4a Format Control Characters", UTC #170 Minutes
  1. ↑ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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References

  1. ↑ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ↑ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. ↑ "Unicode Character Database: Standardized Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.
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