U+1417D "ð”…½" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð”…½

U+1417D "ð”…½" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the vast Egyptian hieroglyphic script, encoded in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block (range U+13000 to U+1342F) of the Unicode Standard. This particular code point represents a character that, like all hieroglyphs in this block, is part of a modern digital encoding effort to preserve and represent the ancient writing system used in Egypt for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records. While the specific name "Egyptian Hieroglyph-#" indicates it is a placeholder for a yet-to-be-assigned or standardized sign, its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate digital display and exchange of these historical symbols without relying on images or specialized fonts, facilitating academic research, linguistic study, and digital humanities projects focused on Ancient Egyptian language and culture.

General Properties

Code Point U+1417D
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 𔅽
HTML Hex Encoding 𔅽
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x94 0x85 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD810 0xDD7D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001417D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud810\udd7d

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 S-09-034
kEH_Core C
kEH_Desc Two feathers without quill, on top of a standard used for carrying religious symbols, with a loop under the horizontal beam, running over the vertical pole (R12A).
kEH_Func Logogram (3rd nome of Upper Egypt)
kEH_FVal nḫn
kEH_UniK S079B