U+14009 "𔀉" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𔀉

U+14009 "𔀉" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph format controls block, officially classified as a formatting character rather than a standard hieroglyphic sign. Its exact function is tied to the computer representation of Egyptian texts, serving as a control code that helps manage the arrangement and placement of other hieroglyphs within digital scripts. Unlike pictorial hieroglyphs, this character does not denote a word, sound, or object from ancient Egypt but instead acts as a piece of encoding infrastructure, allowing software to correctly display complex hieroglyphic layouts such as groupings or sequences. Its presence in the Unicode standard reflects the effort to digitize ancient writing systems while preserving their intricate visual structure.

General Properties

Code Point	U+14009
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	𔀉
HTML Hex Encoding	𔀉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x80 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDC09
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00014009
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udc09

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	O-24-011
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A mastaba with two compartments under a single beam, with a doorway in both compartments.
kEH_Func	Classifier to ascend, to mount up
kEH_FVal	sꞽꜥ
kEH_UniK	HJ O234
kEH_JSesh	O234
kEH_HG	O234
kEH_IFAO	322,3