U+140DA "𔃚" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+140DA "𔃚" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph Extended-A block, representing an ancient Egyptian writing symbol classified as a cat or lion-headed serpent, though its exact transliteration and meaning remain specialized within Egyptological studies. This character is part of a broader effort to encode rare and historic scripts in the Unicode Standard, allowing scholars and digital archivists to represent Egyptian hieroglyphic texts with precision in modern computing environments. It appears as a highly stylized pictograph, reflecting the complex visual nature of hieroglyphic writing that combines logographic and phonetic elements.

General Properties

Code Point	U+140DA
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	𔃚
HTML Hex Encoding	𔃚
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x83 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDCDA
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000140DA
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udcda

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-02-037
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	Three circular items, arranged horizontally, on a block shaped table on a base, with a cone at the far side, with internal decoration of sequentially smaller rectangles.
kEH_Func	Classifier table
kEH_FVal	ṯ.t
kEH_UniK	HJ R003O
kEH_JSesh	R3O
kEH_HG	R3O
kEH_IFAO	349,2