U+140EF "𔃯" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+140EF "𔃯" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific representation of an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph, encoded in the Unicode standard's Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was introduced in version 5.2 to enable digital preservation and scholarly study of the script used for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records in ancient Egypt. This particular glyph corresponds to a phonogram, ideogram, or determinative from the Gardiner sign list, though its exact linguistic function often depends on its context within a hieroglyphic string. By including such characters, Unicode facilitates the accurate electronic exchange and interpretation of Egyptian archaeological and linguistic material.

General Properties

Code Point	U+140EF
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	𔃯
HTML Hex Encoding	𔃯
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x83 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDCEF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000140EF
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udcef

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-03-011
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A one-legged offering table with surface resembling a sand covered mountain over the edge of the cultivated areas (N26), with a flame in the middle, with a pellet of incense at either side of the flame, with an oval shape, angling inwards at the tips of the table surface.
kEH_Func	Logogram (altar)
kEH_FVal	ḫꜣw.t
kEH_UniK	HJ R001I
kEH_JSesh	R1I
kEH_HG	R1I