U+140C0 "𔃀" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+140C0 "𔃀" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a sign from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing system, encoded in the Unicode Standard's Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which covers the script used for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records from roughly 3200 BCE to 400 CE. While its exact phonetic or semantic value is not publicly documented in a simple numerical reference, it belongs to the extensive set of logographic and phonetic symbols that represent sounds, words, or concepts, often depicting objects like animals, tools, or human figures. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars, digital humanists, and software developers can accurately represent and process this historical script in modern text systems, facilitating research and preservation of Egyptological resources.

General Properties

Code Point	U+140C0
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	𔃀
HTML Hex Encoding	𔃀
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x83 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDCC0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000140C0
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udcc0

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-05-038
kEH_Core	N
kEH_UniK	HJ Q006G
kEH_JSesh	Q6G
kEH_HG	Q6G
kEH_IFAO	343,16