U+140D9 "𔃙" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+140D9 "𔃙" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific hieroglyphic sign encoded in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, representing a unique glyph from the ancient Egyptian writing system that was used for monumental and religious texts. This character, along with thousands of others in its block, was added to Unicode to support digital preservation and scholarly study of Egyptian language and culture. Its formal name includes a placeholder "HASH" or number, as many hieroglyphs are identified by a catalog number such as those from Gardiner's sign list, though the exact semantic or phonetic value of this particular sign may require specialized Egyptological reference. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode enables accurate digital representation and analysis of ancient Egyptian inscriptions across modern computing platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+140D9
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	𔃙
HTML Hex Encoding	𔃙
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x83 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDCD9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000140D9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udcd9

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	R-02-036
kEH_Core	N
kEH_UniK	HJ R003E
kEH_JSesh	R3E
kEH_HG	R3E
kEH_IFAO	349,1