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Egyptian hieroglyphs

Egyp Left-to-right Living Logographic

Sample Characters

𓀀 𓀁 𓀂 𓀃 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆 𓀇 𓀈 𓀉 𓀊 𓀋 𓀌 𓀍 𓀎 𓀏 𓀐 𓀑 𓀒 𓀓 𓀔 𓀕 𓀖 𓀗 𓀘 𓀙 𓀚 𓀛 𓀜 𓀝 𓀞 𓀟 𓀠 𓀡 𓀢 𓀣 𓀤 𓀥 𓀦 𓀧 𓀨 𓀩 𓀪 𓀫 𓀬 𓀭 𓀮 𓀯

First 48 characters from Egyptian Hieroglyphs (U+13000–U+1342F)

About Egyptian hieroglyphs

Egyptian hieroglyphs is a Living writing system. It reads Left-to-right and contains 5,105 characters in the Unicode standard. 1 language uses Egyptian hieroglyphs as a writing system according to Unicode CLDR data. It is registered in the ISO 15924 standard under the code Egyp.

Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.

Script Family & Lineage

Descended Scripts
Meroitic Hieroglyphs

Languages Using Egyptian hieroglyphs 1

Ancient Egyptian

Frequently Asked Questions

What type of writing system is Egyptian hieroglyphs?
Egyptian hieroglyphs is a Logographic. Logographic scripts use symbols that represent words or morphemes rather than sounds.
What direction does Egyptian hieroglyphs read?
Egyptian hieroglyphs is written Left-to-right, the same direction as most European scripts.
How many languages use the Egyptian hieroglyphs script?
1 language use Egyptian hieroglyphs according to Unicode CLDR data.
When was the Egyptian hieroglyphs script created?
The exact origin of the Egyptian hieroglyphs script is not precisely documented.

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Key Facts

ISO Code
Egyp
ISO Number
050
Script Type
Logographic
Direction
Left-to-right
Status
Living
Characters
5,105
Languages
1

Unicode Ranges

  • Egyptian Hieroglyphs
    U+13000–U+1342F
  • Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls
    U+13430–U+13455
  • Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A
    U+13460–U+143FA

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