U+140A8 "𔂨" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𔂨

U+140A8 "𔂨" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph format block, which encodes a hieroglyphic symbol that represents a seated man or deity with a distinctive posture or attribute, though its exact phonetic or semantic value in ancient Egyptian writing remains subject to scholarly interpretation and may vary depending on context. This character is part of the comprehensive Unicode standard's effort to include ancient scripts for digital preservation and academic study, allowing modern users to represent and reproduce hieroglyphic texts in electronic documents. As such, "𔂨" serves as a digital placeholder for a historical linguistic artifact, bridging contemporary computing with Egyptological research.

General Properties

Code Point	U+140A8
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	𔂨
HTML Hex Encoding	𔂨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x82 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDCA8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000140A8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udca8

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	Q-03-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A bed with leonid legs, inclined backwards.
kEH_Func	Classifier to rest
kEH_FVal	sḏr
kEH_UniK	HJ Q018
kEH_JSesh	Q18
kEH_HG	Q18
kEH_IFAO	340,14