U+140C8 "𔃈" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𔃈

U+140C8 "𔃈" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, encoded for use in digital text to represent a specific ancient Egyptian sign, though its exact meaning and transliteration are not explicitly defined in the standard beyond its category as a hieroglyph. This character belongs to the set of over a thousand hieroglyphs included in Unicode to support the scholarly study and digital preservation of the Egyptian language, which was historically written with a combination of logographic and alphabetic signs. As a placeholder or unassigned numerical identifier, it facilitates accurate representation of inscriptions in modern computing environments, enabling linguists and historians to analyze and reproduce ancient texts without relying on images or specialized fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+140C8
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	𔃈
HTML Hex Encoding	𔃈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x83 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDCC8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000140C8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udcc8

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-06-006
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A brazier with a flame rising from it, flame curving forwards.
kEH_Func	Classifier fire associated action
kEH_FVal	nbꞽ
kEH_UniK	Q007I
kEH_IFAO	345,2