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 signs by approximately 30°: U+13338
VS7 (U+FE06) can be used to rotate 1 signs by approximately 320°: U+13338
Rotational variants
Code point
0°
~30° U+FE03
90° U+FE00
180° U+FE01
270° U+FE02
~320° U+FE06
U+13091
𓂑
𓂑︀
U+13093
𓂓
𓂓︁
U+1310F
𓄏
𓄏︀
U+13117
𓄗
𓄗︂
U+1311C
𓄜
𓄜︀
U+13121
𓄡
𓄡︀
U+13127
𓄧
𓄧︀
U+13132
𓄲
𓄲︁
U+13139
𓄹
𓄹︀
𓄹︁
𓄹︂
U+13183
𓆃
𓆃︂
U+13187
𓆇
𓆇︁
U+131A0
𓆠
𓆠︀
𓆠︂
U+131B1
𓆱
𓆱︀
𓆱︁
U+131B8
𓆸
𓆸︀
U+131B9
𓆹
𓆹︀
U+131BA
𓆺
𓆺︂
U+131CB
𓇋
𓇋︀
U+131E0
𓇠
𓇠︀
U+131EE
𓇮
𓇮︁
𓇮︂
U+131F8
𓇸
𓇸︁
U+131F9
𓇹
𓇹︀
𓇹︁
U+131FA
𓇺
𓇺︀
𓇺︁
U+13216
𓈖
𓈖︂
U+13257
𓉗
𓉗︁
U+1327B
𓉻
𓉻︀
𓉻︂
U+1327F
𓉿
𓉿︀
𓉿︁
U+13285
𓊅
𓊅︀
U+1328C
𓊌
𓊌︀
U+132A4
𓊤
𓊤︁
𓊤︂
U+132AA
𓊪
𓊪︀
U+132CB
𓋋
𓋋︀
U+132DC
𓋜
𓋜︀
U+132E7
𓋧
𓋧︀
𓋧︂
U+132E9
𓋩
𓋩︂
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+13331
𓌱
𓌱︁
𓌱︂
U+13338
𓌸
𓌸︃
𓌸︆
U+1333C
𓌼
𓌼︀
U+1334A
𓍊
𓍊︂
U+13361
𓍡
𓍡︂
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+133E5
𓏥
𓏥︀
U+133E7
𓏧
𓏧︀
U+133E8
𓏨
𓏨︁
U+133F2
𓏲
𓏲︀
U+133F5
𓏵
𓏵︀
U+133F6
𓏶
𓏶︀
U+13416
𓐖
𓐖︀
U+13419
𓐙
𓐙︀
𓐙︁
𓐙︂
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:
Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold, "3.A.4. item a. Egyptian hieroglyphs", Minutes of the joint UTC and L2 meeting from the meeting in Cupertino, February 25-27, 1998
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Pandey, Anshuman; Glass, Andrew (2015-05-03), "14. Egyptian", Recommendations to UTC #143 May 2015 on Script Proposals
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2021-01-14), "8a. Glyph changes to Egyptian Hieroglyphs block", Recommendations to UTC #166 January 2021 on Script Proposals
Glass, Andrew; Grotenhuis, Jorke; Nederhof, Mark-Jan; Polis, Stéphane; Rosmorduc, Serge; Werning, Daniel A. (2021-12-22), Additional control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2022-01-22), "4b Variation Sequences for Egyptian Hieroglyphs", Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals
Constable, Peter (2023-12-08), "Consensus 177-C18", UTC #177 Minutes, Rescind three Egyptian Hieroglyph variation sequences [Affects U+13092, 130A9, and 13403]
Dils, Peter; Glass, Andrew; Grotenhuis, Jorke; Gülden, Svenja; Nederhof, Mark-Jan; Polis, Stéphane; Werning, Daniel A. (2024-06-15), Rationale for commenting out the variation sequence U+1333B U+FE00 for Ancient Egyptian
Glass, Andrew; Grotenhuis, Jorke; Nederhof, Mark-Jan; Polis, Stéphane; Rosmorduc, Serge; Werning, Daniel A. (2021-08-11), Additional control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Liang, Hai (2021-10-01), "2a. Format Control Characters", Recommendations to UTC #169 October 2021 on Script Proposals
Glass, Andrew; Grotenhuis, Jorke; Nederhof, Mark-Jan; Polis, Stéphane; Rosmorduc, Serge; Werning, Daniel A. (2021-12-22), Additional control characters for Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Constable, Peter (2022-01-22), "4a. Format Control Characters", Recommendations to UTC #170 January 2022 on Script Proposals