U+1355A "𓕚" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1355A "𓕚" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the encoding of ancient Egyptian writing for digital text and academic study. This particular character represents an unidentified or unassigned hieroglyph, often denoted by the placeholder "#" in its label, and belongs to the broader collection of over a thousand signs used in the hieroglyphic script. Its inclusion allows for the accurate representation and manipulation of these historical symbols in modern computing environments, aiding scholars in research, documentation, and the preservation of ancient Egyptian language and culture.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1355A
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	𓕚
HTML Hex Encoding	𓕚
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0x95 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80D 0xDD5A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001355A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80d\udd5a

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-13-027
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Man, seated, both knees raised, with covered legs and arms, with a short straight beard, short hair/wig, holding an key for a tumbler lock consisting of a slightly vertical line with two shorter horizontal lines attached to the top akin to a flag, pointing outwards.
kEH_Func	Logogram (to guard)
kEH_FVal	sꜣw
kEH_UniK	A047D
kEH_JSesh	A47D