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

Block

Standardized variants The Egyptian Hieroglyphs Unicode block has 133 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 42 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, 133E4–133E5, 133E7, 133EE, 133F2, 133F5–133F6, 13416, 13419–1341A and 13423 VS2 (U+FE01) can be used to rotate 23 signs by 180°:U+13093, 13132, 13139, 13187, 131B1, 131EE, 131F8–131FA, 13257, 1327F, 1328B, 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 16 signs by between 15 and 45°:U+13012, 130B8, 130BA, 1310F, 1312F, 13139, 13184, 1319C–1319D, 1319F, 131B1, 131DB, 13205, 13296, 13338 and 13419 VS5 (U+FE04) can be used to rotate 2 signs by approximately 135°:U+13139 and 1340D VS6 (U+FE05) can be used to rotate 1 sign by approximately 225°:U+13139 VS7 (U+FE06) can be used to rotate 13 signs by between 300 and 345°:U+1312F, 13139, 13184, 131DB, 131EE, 13205, 132A4, 132E9, 1332B, 13338, 13370–13371 and 13419

+ Rotational variants 0° ~15–45°U+FE03 90°U+FE00 ~135°U+FE04 180°U+FE01 ~225°U+FE05 270°U+FE02 ~300–345°U+FE06 U+13012 𓀒 𓀒︃ U+13091 𓂑 𓂑︀ U+13093 𓂓 𓂓︁ U+130B8 𓂸 𓂸︃ U+130BA 𓂺 𓂺︃ U+1310F 𓄏 𓄏︃ 𓄏︀ U+13117 𓄗 𓄗︂ U+1311C 𓄜 𓄜︀ U+13121 𓄡 𓄡︀ U+13127 𓄧 𓄧︀ U+1312F 𓄯 𓄯︃ 𓄯︆ U+13132 𓄲 𓄲︁ U+13139 𓄹 𓄹︃ 𓄹︀ 𓄹︄ 𓄹︁ 𓄹︅ 𓄹︂ 𓄹︆ U+13183 𓆃 𓆃︂ U+13184 𓆄 𓆄︃ 𓆄︆ U+13187 𓆇 𓆇︁ U+1319C 𓆜 𓆜︃ U+1319D 𓆝 𓆝︃ U+1319F 𓆟 𓆟︃ U+131A0 𓆠 𓆠︀ 𓆠︂ U+131B1 𓆱 𓆱︃ 𓆱︀ 𓆱︁ U+131B8 𓆸 𓆸︀ U+131B9 𓆹 𓆹︀ U+131BA 𓆺 𓆺︂ U+131CB 𓇋 𓇋︀ U+131DB 𓇛 𓇛︃ 𓇛︆ U+131E0 𓇠 𓇠︀ U+131EE 𓇮 𓇮︁ 𓇮︂ 𓇮︆ U+131F8 𓇸 𓇸︁ U+131F9 𓇹 𓇹︀ 𓇹︁ U+131FA 𓇺 𓇺︀ 𓇺︁ U+13205 𓈅 𓈅︃ 𓈅︆ U+13216 𓈖 𓈖︂ U+13257 𓉗 𓉗︁ U+1327B 𓉻 𓉻︀ 𓉻︂ U+1327F 𓉿 𓉿︀ 𓉿︁ U+13285 𓊅 𓊅︀ U+1328B 𓊋 𓊋︁ U+1328C 𓊌 𓊌︀ U+13296 𓊖 𓊖︃ U+132A4 𓊤 𓊤︁ 𓊤︂ 𓊤︆ U+132AA 𓊪 𓊪︀ U+132CB 𓋋 𓋋︀ U+132DC 𓋜 𓋜︀ U+132E7 𓋧 𓋧︀ 𓋧︂ U+132E9 𓋩 𓋩︂ 𓋩︆ U+132F8 𓋸 𓋸︂ U+132FD 𓋽 𓋽︂ U+13302 𓌂 𓌂︂ U+13303 𓌃 𓌃︂ U+13307 𓌇 𓌇︀ U+13308 𓌈 𓌈︁ U+13310 𓌐 𓌐︂ U+13311 𓌑 𓌑︂ U+13312 𓌒 𓌒︁ 𓌒︂ U+13313 𓌓 𓌓︁ 𓌓︂ U+13314 𓌔 𓌔︁ 𓌔︂ U+1331B 𓌛 𓌛︀ 𓌛︁ U+1331C 𓌜 𓌜︂ U+13321 𓌡 𓌡︁ 𓌡︂ U+13322 𓌢 𓌢︀ 𓌢︁ U+1332B 𓌫 𓌫︆ U+13331 𓌱 𓌱︁ 𓌱︂ U+13338 𓌸 𓌸︃ 𓌸︆ U+1333C 𓌼 𓌼︀ U+1334A 𓍊 𓍊︂ U+13361 𓍡 𓍡︂ U+13370 𓍰 𓍰︆ U+13371 𓍱 𓍱︆ U+13373 𓍳 𓍳︂ U+13377 𓍷 𓍷︀ U+13378 𓍸 𓍸︀ U+1337D 𓍽 𓍽︂ U+13385 𓎅 𓎅︂ U+13399 𓎙 𓎙︀ U+1339A 𓎚 𓎚︀ U+133AF 𓎯 𓎯︂ U+133B0 𓎰 𓎰︂ U+133BF 𓎿 𓎿︂ U+133D3 𓏓 𓏓︀ U+133DB 𓏛 𓏛︂ U+133DD 𓏝 𓏝︂ U+133E4 𓏤 𓏤︀ U+133E5 𓏥 𓏥︀ U+133E7 𓏧 𓏧︀ U+133E8 𓏨 𓏨︁ U+133EE 𓏮 𓏮︀ U+133F2 𓏲 𓏲︀ U+133F5 𓏵 𓏵︀ U+133F6 𓏶 𓏶︀ U+1340D 𓐍 𓐍︄ U+13416 𓐖 𓐖︀ U+13419 𓐙 𓐙︃ 𓐙︀ 𓐙︁ 𓐙︂ 𓐙︆ U+1341A 𓐚 𓐚︀ U+13423 𓐣 𓐣︀ U+1342C 𓐬 𓐬︂ U+1342E 𓐮 𓐮︂

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

Version Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document 5.2 U+13000..1342E 1,071 N1636 N1637 N1703 N1944 N2096, N2103 N3181 N3182 N3183 N3237 doc) doc) N3308 N3310 15.0 U+1342F 1

See also Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A (Unicode block) Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls (Unicode block) List of Egyptian hieroglyphs Egyptian transliteration schemes

Further reading

The Unikemet database in Unicode 16.0.0

References