U+14191 "𔆑" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+14191 "𔆑" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph format controls block, which serves as a placeholder or generic representation for an unassigned or undefined hieroglyphic sign within the Unicode Standard. Unlike named hieroglyphs that correspond to known Egyptian signs from the Gardiner list or other corpuses, this character typically acts as a fallback or substitution indicator in digital text, appearing when a particular hieroglyph has not been encoded with its own unique codepoint. It enables systems to preserve the structural integrity of a hieroglyphic sequence while noting that the exact sign's identity requires further specification or remains unknown.

General Properties

Code Point	U+14191
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	𔆑
HTML Hex Encoding	𔆑
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x86 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDD91
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00014191
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udd91

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-11-023
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A necklace, consisting of a deep loop, with multiple horizontal strands connecting the two sides of the loop, connected by vertical lines (beads/netting), with the ends of the loops curving outwards and downwards, with flower-like end-pieces.
kEH_Func	Logogram (necklace, collar)
kEH_FVal	wsḫ
kEH_UniK	S091B
kEH_IFAO	374,6