U+1400C "𔀌" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𔀌

U+1400C "𔀌" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific character from the Egyptian Hieroglyph block, which encodes signs from the ancient Egyptian writing system used from around 3200 BCE onward. This particular glyph, identified by its “#” placeholder name in official Unicode documentation, belongs to the subset of hieroglyphs that represent objects, sounds, or ideas within the logographic and phonetic script. While its exact meaning in ancient Egyptian language requires contextual analysis, its inclusion in Unicode facilitates digital preservation and study of historical texts, allowing modern scholars and enthusiasts to display and exchange these symbols accurately across compatible software and platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1400C
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	𔀌
HTML Hex Encoding	𔀌
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x80 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDC0C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001400C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udc0c

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-24-021
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The emblem erected outside the temple of Min, resembling the horns of a bovid (F13) on top of a stem of papyrus with a bud (M13), with a sun disk (N5) between the horns, connected with a line to a cone with a spike on top.
kEH_Func	Logogram (office, rank, function)
kEH_FVal	ꞽꜣw.t
kEH_UniK	HJ R131
kEH_JSesh	R131
kEH_HG	R131