U+140CB "𔃋" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+140CB "𔃋" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to encode the writing system of ancient Egypt. This specific glyph is one of thousands of hieroglyphic symbols used for logographic and phonetic writing, often representing a concept or sound that would have been carved into stone or painted on papyrus. While the exact meaning of this particular sign requires specialist knowledge from Egyptology, its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital representation and preservation of this historic script, enabling scholars and enthusiasts to accurately render and study ancient Egyptian texts on modern computers.

General Properties

Code Point	U+140CB
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	𔃋
HTML Hex Encoding	𔃋
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x83 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDCCB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000140CB
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udccb

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-07-001
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A low, broad brazier.
kEH_Func	Classifier (burning festival)
kEH_FVal	rkḥ
kEH_UniK	HJ Q007F
kEH_JSesh	Q7F
kEH_HG	Q7F