U+1344E "𓑎" Egyptian Hieroglyph Modifier Damaged at Bottom End Unicode Character

U+1344E "𓑎" Egyptian Hieroglyph Modifier Damaged at Bottom End is a specialized control character used in the digital encoding of Egyptian hieroglyphs to indicate that the bottom portion of a preceding hieroglyphic sign is broken, eroded, or otherwise incomplete in the source text or artifact. It functions as a formatting mark rather than a standalone glyph, allowing scholars and software to accurately represent textual lacunae or physical damage to the lower part of a sign during transcription or publication. This modifier is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block in Unicode, which was introduced to facilitate precise electronic documentation of ancient inscriptions where such damage is a common feature.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1344E
Version Added	15.0
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph Modifier Damaged at Bottom End
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls
General Category	Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓑎
HTML Hex Encoding	𓑎
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x91 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDC4E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001344E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udc4e

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Joining Type	Transparent
Line Break	Combining Mark
Case Ignorable	Yes
Script	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Script Extensions	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Indic Conjunct Break	Extend
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Diacritic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Extend	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Extend
Word Break	Extend
Sentence Break	Extend

Unikemet Data

kEH_Core

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