U+139C0 "𓧀" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+139C0 "𓧀" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to enable digital representation of ancient Egyptian writing. This specific character falls within the subset of hieroglyphs cataloged from the Gardiner's sign list, though its exact identification is tied to a numerical placeholder rather than a named phonetic or determinative sign. As a result, it serves as a placeholder for a hieroglyph that has been encoded but may not yet have a widely agreed upon transliteration or semantic value in modern scholarship. Its inclusion in Unicode allows researchers and digital humanists to accurately transcribe and display ancient Egyptian texts in a consistent electronic format.

General Properties

Code Point	U+139C0
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	𓧀
HTML Hex Encoding	𓧀
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xA7 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80E 0xDDC0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000139C0
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80e\uddc0

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	D-21-020
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Two arms, connected at the shoulder, one arm forwards, holding a round shield, seen in profile, other arm downwards, forearm 90 degree of the upper arm, holding a mace (T3) vertically.
kEH_Func	Logogram (to fight)
kEH_FVal	ꜥḥꜣ
kEH_UniK	HJ D372
kEH_JSesh	D372
kEH_HG	D372