U+141C8 "𔇈" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𔇈

U+141C8 "𔇈" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is an ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that forms part of the extensive collection of Egyptian hieroglyphs encoded in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane of the Unicode Standard, specifically within the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block (U+13000 to U+1342F). This particular character is represented in digital text using four bytes in UTF-8 encoding and corresponds to one of thousands of glyphs used in the writing system of ancient Egypt, where it functioned as a logographic or phonetic sign in religious, administrative, and monumental inscriptions. The inclusion of such a character in Unicode allows for the accurate digital preservation, scholarly study, and rendering of ancient Egyptian texts across modern computing platforms, ensuring that researchers and enthusiasts can represent these hieroglyphs without relying on specialized fonts or image files.

General Properties

Code Point U+141C8
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 𔇈
HTML Hex Encoding 𔇈
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x94 0x87 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD810 0xDDC8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000141C8
C/C++/Java Escape \ud810\uddc8

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-17-012
kEH_Core C
kEH_Desc A tie or strap, used with sandals (ankh sign, S34), a column imitating a bundle of stalks tied together (R11) and a sceptre with a straight shaft, a forked base, topped with the head of the Seth animal (S40), arranged horizontally; on top of a wickerwork basket.
kEH_Func Logogram (all life, stability and dominion)
kEH_FVal ꜥnḫ-ḏd-wꜣs-nb
kEH_UniK HJ S176
kEH_JSesh S176
kEH_HG S176