U+13C42 "𓱂" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+13C42 "𓱂" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script, classified under the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in the Unicode standard. This character represents a modern placeholder or encoding mechanism for a hieroglyph that has not been fully identified or assigned a precise transliteration value, often denoted by the number sign (#) in its name. It is used in digital texts and scholarly databases to preserve the visual form of a hieroglyphic sign while acknowledging that its exact meaning or reading remains unconfirmed or has been lost to modern understanding.

General Properties

Code Point	U+13C42
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	𓱂
HTML Hex Encoding	𓱂
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x93 0xB1 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD80F 0xDC42
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00013C42
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud80f\udc42

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	G-11-035
kEH_Core	N
kEH_UniK	HJ G224
kEH_JSesh	G224
kEH_HG	G224