U+140B1 "𔂱" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+140B1 "𔂱" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing system, encoded in the Unicode Standard within the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which includes a range of over a thousand individual signs dating from the Old Kingdom onward. This particular glyph, identified by its unique code point, belongs to the category of hieroglyphs used to represent objects, sounds, or determinative concepts within the language. While its precise phonetic or logographic function depends on the specific historical text in which it appears, it is generally part of the broader corpus of symbols that were central to recording religious, administrative, and literary texts in ancient Egypt. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode allows for accurate digital representation and study of Egyptian hieroglyphs in academic, typographic, and archival contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+140B1
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	𔂱
HTML Hex Encoding	𔂱
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x82 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDCB1
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000140B1
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udcb1

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-04-005
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A mirror with a handle with curves downwards at the top.
kEH_Func	Classifier mirror
kEH_FVal	mꜣw-ḥr
kEH_UniK	Q025A
kEH_IFAO	341,13