U+140C7 "𔃇" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+140C7 "𔃇" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph format control characters block, introduced in Unicode version 12.0 to represent a transparent placeholder or template symbol within digital text. Rather than depicting an actual ancient hieroglyphic sign from the historical Egyptian writing system, this character serves as a standardized empty container, often used in documentation, font development, or layout testing to indicate where a mapped hieroglyph should appear. Its inclusion ensures that systems can handle the structural positioning of hieroglyphs in a digital environment without relying on a specific visual image.

General Properties

Code Point	U+140C7
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	𔃇
HTML Hex Encoding	𔃇
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x83 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDCC7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000140C7
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udcc7

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-06-002
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A brazier with a flame rising from it, flame angling towards the front, represented as dots.
kEH_Func	Logogram (fire)
kEH_FVal	nsrsr
kEH_UniK	HJ Q007G
kEH_JSesh	Q7G
kEH_HG	Q7G
kEH_IFAO	344,13