U+1402E "𔀮" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1402E "𔀮" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian hieroglyphic script, encoded in the Unicode Standard’s Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to support the digital representation of this ancient writing system. This particular character is classified as an unassigned or generic hieroglyph placeholder, often used for scholarly transcriptions or as a stand-in for a sign whose exact phonetic or semantic value is not specified in the standard. Its inclusion in Unicode allows researchers, linguists, and enthusiasts to type and display hieroglyphic text in digital environments, preserving and studying the language of ancient Egypt, though the character itself lacks a specific name or meaning beyond its numeric identifier.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1402E
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	𔀮
HTML Hex Encoding	𔀮
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x80 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDC2E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001402E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udc2e

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	P-01-039
kEH_Core	N
kEH_UniK	HJ P027
kEH_JSesh	P27
kEH_HG	P27
kEH_IFAO	326,7