U+1405D "𔁝" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1405D "𔁝" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, specifically a glyph from the extended corpus of ancient Egyptian writing used primarily for monumental and religious inscriptions. This particular character, often referred to as a "sma" or "uniting" sign, depicts a pair of lungs attached to a windpipe and symbolizes the concept of union, joining, or unification, frequently appearing in phrases related to the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt or the binding of ritual objects. Like all characters in this block, it was encoded in Unicode 5.2 in 2009 to support the accurate digital representation of Egyptological texts and scholarly publications.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1405D
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	𔁝
HTML Hex Encoding	𔁝
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x81 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDC5D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001405D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udc5d

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-03-062
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A boat/ship, resembling a crescent moon, on top of a rectangle of water, with a sail, with a point at the bottom angling backwards, with a distinctive beam at the top, with rigging; with a god, standing behind the sail on a platform, with the head of a falcon, wearing the double crown, arms forward, holding the ropes of a net which is under the front of the boat in his lower hand, and with an harpoon with the head of a falcon in his upper hand, the point of the harpoon in the net; with a goddess, kneeling in front of the sail on a platform, with a seat on her head, both arms forwards, holding the ropes of a net.
kEH_UniK	HJ P055
kEH_JSesh	P55
kEH_HG	P55
kEH_IFAO	330,2