U+1346E "𓑮" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1346E "𓑮" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the extended Egyptian Hieroglyph repertoire, part of the Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls block, which is used to represent a placeholder or a generic hieroglyphic character in digital text processing. Its designation as "Hieroglyph-#" indicates that it serves as a wildcard or a substitute for an undetermined or unspecified hieroglyph, often employed in scholarly notation or software to mark a position where a particular sign should be inserted but is not yet identified. This character is not a traditional hieroglyph with a known phonetic or semantic value like those in the main Gardiner sign list, but rather a formatting and control symbol that facilitates the handling of fragmented or incomplete hieroglyphic inscriptions in Unicode encoding.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1346E
Version Added	16.0
Name	Egyptian Hieroglyph-#
Block	Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𓑮
HTML Hex Encoding	𓑮
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x91 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDC6E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001346E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udc6e

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Script Extensions	Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	OLetter

Unikemet Data

kEH_Cat	A-01-024
kEH_Core	N
kEH_UniK	HJ A003B
kEH_JSesh	A3B
kEH_HG	A3B
kEH_IFAO	1,14