U+140C9 "𔃉" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+140C9 "𔃉" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign within the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, corresponding to a symbol from the ancient Egyptian writing system known as a "determinative" or phonetic hieroglyph. This particular glyph, classified under the category of "other letters" or "symbols," represents a distinct visual motif used in inscriptions and texts from pharaonic Egypt, though its precise linguistic function or meaning is typically identified by Egyptologists through sign lists like Gardiner's. As part of Unicode's efforts to encode historic scripts, this character enables digital representation and scholarly study of hieroglyphic writing, preserving a fragment of one of humanity's earliest written languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+140C9
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	𔃉
HTML Hex Encoding	𔃉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x83 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDCC9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000140C9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udcc9

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-06-009
kEH_Core	N
kEH_UniK	HJ Q007B
kEH_JSesh	Q7B
kEH_HG	Q7B
kEH_IFAO	345,4