U+140B4 "𔂴" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+140B4 "𔂴" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is an encoded symbol from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, specifically representing a sign in the ancient Egyptian writing system that corresponds to a phonetic or ideographic value. This particular character is part of a large collection of over a thousand hieroglyphs included in Unicode to support the digital representation of Egyptological texts and scholarly transcriptions. As a code point in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, it allows for precise rendering and exchange of ancient Egyptian scripts in modern computing, helping preserve and study the language through digital means. While its specific meaning depends on context, it belongs to the broader set of hieroglyphs used for religious, administrative, and literary records from pharaonic Egypt.

General Properties

Code Point	U+140B4
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	𔂴
HTML Hex Encoding	𔂴
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x82 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDCB4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000140B4
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udcb4

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-05-006
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A wide cup (W10), with two maces with a pear-shaped head (T3), surrounding a sceptre (S42) in the middle.
kEH_Func	Logogram (requirements, needs)
kEH_FVal	dbḥ.w
kEH_UniK	Q028C
kEH_IFAO	342,10