U+140F9 "𔃹" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+140F9 "𔃹" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the ancient Egyptian writing system, encoded as part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in the Unicode Standard, which was added to support digital representation of this historic script. This particular hieroglyph is designated by the numbering convention “#” in various cataloging systems, often representing a concrete object or concept like a tool, animal, or symbolic motif as used in religious, monumental, and administrative texts. Its inclusion in Unicode allows scholars, linguists, and enthusiasts to accurately type, display, and study this character across modern digital platforms, preserving a small but essential piece of a writing system that dates back over five thousand years to the banks of the Nile.

General Properties

Code Point	U+140F9
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	𔃹
HTML Hex Encoding	𔃹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x83 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDCF9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000140F9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udcf9

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-06-003
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A bowl for incense, with two pellets of incense, with smoke rising from the bowl.
kEH_Func	Logogram (incense)
kEH_FVal	snṯr
kEH_UniK	HJ R007C
kEH_JSesh	R7C
kEH_HG	R7C
kEH_IFAO	352,12