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Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls

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Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls
RangeU+13430..U+1345F
(48 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsEgyptian Hieroglyphs
Assigned38 code points
Unused10 reserved code points
Unicode version history
12.0 (2019)9 (+9)
15.0 (2022)38 (+29)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]
The block range was expanded from U+13430..1343F to U+13430..1345F with version 15.0.

Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls is a Unicode block containing formatting characters that enable full formatting of quadrats for Egyptian hieroglyphs.

The block size was expanded by 32 code points in Unicode version 15.0 (version 14: 1343F → version 15: 1345F), and 29 more characters were defined.

Block

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Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+1343x  𓐰   𓐱   𓐲   𓐳   𓐴   𓐵   𓐶   𓐷   𓐸   𓐹   𓐺   𓐻   𓐼   𓐽   𓐾   𓐿 
U+1344x  𓑀   FB   HB  𓑃 𓑄 𓑅 𓑆  𓑇   𓑈   𓑉   𓑊   𓑋   𓑌   𓑍   𓑎   𓑏 
U+1345x  𓑐   𓑑   𓑒   𓑓   𓑔   𓑕 
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

The Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block has four variation sequences defined for standardized variants.[3]

Variation selector-1 (VS1) (U+FE00) can be used to expand "lost" sign shading to achieve 'continuous shading' for the following characters:[4][5]

  • U+13443 𓑃 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH LOST SIGN
  • U+13444 𓑄 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH HALF LOST SIGN
  • U+13445 𓑅 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH TALL LOST SIGN
  • U+13446 𓑆 EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPH WIDE LOST SIGN

History

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

See also

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References

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  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.
  4. ^ "11.4 Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Lost Signs". The Unicode Standard, Version 15.0 (PDF). Unicode, Inc. September 2022.
  5. ^ "Additional control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts" (PDF). 2021-12-22.