U+141FD "𔇽" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+141FD "𔇽" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph belonging to the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the encoding of ancient Egyptian writing. This particular character, often referred to as a "control" or "placeholder" hieroglyph with the "#" symbol in its name, represents a generic or unassigned sign within the vast corpus of Egyptian hieroglyphs, used for digital representation and text processing. It allows scholars, linguists, and software systems to reference or display a hieroglyphic character that may not yet have a fully identified transliteration or specific linguistic meaning within the standard set of encoded signs, thus aiding in the preservation and study of ancient Egyptian texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+141FD
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	𔇽
HTML Hex Encoding	𔇽
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x87 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDDFD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000141FD
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\uddfd

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	T-01-020
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A coil of rope (V1), written behind the mace head of a mace with a pear-shaped head, written vertically (T3).
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	wḏ
kEH_UniK	HJ T117
kEH_JSesh	T117
kEH_HG	T117