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Egyptian Hieroglyphs is a
U+13091, 1310F, 1311C, 13121, 13127, 13139, 131A0, 131B1, 131B8–131B9, 131CB, 131E0, 131F9–131FA, 1327B, 1327F, 13285, 1328C, 132AA, 132CB, 132DC, 132E7, 13307, 1331B, 13322, 1333C, 13377–13378, 13399–1339A, 133D3, 133E5, 133E7, 133F2, 133F5–133F6, 13416, 13419–1341A and 13423 * VS2 (U+FE01) can be used to rotate 22 signs by 180°:
U+13093, 13132, 13139, 13187, 131B1, 131EE, 131F8–131FA, 13257, 1327F, 132A4, 13308, 13312–13314, 1331B, 13321–13322, 13331, 133E8 and 13419 * VS3 (U+FE02) can be used to rotate 36 signs by 270°:
U+13117, 13139, 13183, 131A0, 131BA, 131EE, 13216, 1327B, 132A4, 132E7, 132E9, 132F8, 132FD, 13302–13303, 13310–13314, 1331C, 13321, 13331, 1334A, 13361, 13373, 1337D, 13385, 133AF–133B0, 133BF, 133DB, 133DD, 13419, 1342C and 1342E * VS4 (U+FE03) can be used to rotate 1 sign by approximately 30°:
U+13338 * VS7 (U+FE06) can be used to rotate 1 sign by approximately 320°:
U+13338
The Unikemet database in Unicode 16.0.0
Egyptian Hieroglyphs is a Unicode block
A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes (code points) of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode Consortium for administrative and documentation purposes. Typically, proposals such as the ...
containing the Gardiner's sign list of Egyptian hieroglyphs
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs ( ) were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt for writing the Egyptian language. Hieroglyphs combined Ideogram, ideographic, logographic, syllabic and alphabetic elements, with more than 1,000 distinct char ...
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Block
Standardized variants
The Egyptian Hieroglyphs Unicode block has 100 standardized variants defined to specify rotated signs. (Rotation is clockwise when the text is rendered from left-to-right but counter-clockwise if the text is mirrored right-to-left.) * Variation selector-1 (VS1) (U+FE00) can be used to rotate 40 signs by 90°:U+13091, 1310F, 1311C, 13121, 13127, 13139, 131A0, 131B1, 131B8–131B9, 131CB, 131E0, 131F9–131FA, 1327B, 1327F, 13285, 1328C, 132AA, 132CB, 132DC, 132E7, 13307, 1331B, 13322, 1333C, 13377–13378, 13399–1339A, 133D3, 133E5, 133E7, 133F2, 133F5–133F6, 13416, 13419–1341A and 13423 * VS2 (U+FE01) can be used to rotate 22 signs by 180°:
U+13093, 13132, 13139, 13187, 131B1, 131EE, 131F8–131FA, 13257, 1327F, 132A4, 13308, 13312–13314, 1331B, 13321–13322, 13331, 133E8 and 13419 * VS3 (U+FE02) can be used to rotate 36 signs by 270°:
U+13117, 13139, 13183, 131A0, 131BA, 131EE, 13216, 1327B, 132A4, 132E7, 132E9, 132F8, 132FD, 13302–13303, 13310–13314, 1331C, 13321, 13331, 1334A, 13361, 13373, 1337D, 13385, 133AF–133B0, 133BF, 133DB, 133DD, 13419, 1342C and 1342E * VS4 (U+FE03) can be used to rotate 1 sign by approximately 30°:
U+13338 * VS7 (U+FE06) can be used to rotate 1 sign by approximately 320°:
U+13338
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block:See also
* Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A (Unicode block) * Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls (Unicode block) * List of Egyptian hieroglyphs * Egyptian transliteration schemesFurther reading
* * *The Unikemet database in Unicode 16.0.0
References
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