Egyptian hieroglyphs

ISO 15924: EgypHistorical / Symbolic1 total languages
IANA registered: 16 October 2005

Example text

π“‚‹π“€π“ˆ–π“‚π“„Ώπ“›π“…“π“Šͺπ“›π“ˆ–π“€π“‚π“Šπ“›π“†‘π“Šͺπ“›π“…±π“‚π“Š

Rendered using a Noto web font where available; falls back to system fonts.

Writing Direction
Direction
Left-to-right
RTL
No
Vertical tradition
None / unusual
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt
LTR value derived from Unicode CLDR script metadata.
Script Properties
Family
Egyptian
Geographic origin
North Africa
Usage status
Ancient script
OpenType tag
egyp
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs (c. 3200 BCE – 394 CE). One of the world's earliest writing systems. Ultimately gave rise to Coptic.

Related Scripts

CoptCopticMeroMeroitic HieroglyphsHluwAnatolian Hieroglyphs (Luwian Hieroglyphs, Hittite Hieroglyphs)

Unicode Blocks

Egyptian HieroglyphsU+13000

1 Unicode block contain Egyptian hieroglyphs characters. Browse all Unicode blocks β†’

The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.

Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)
1

Egyptian (Ancient)
egy