U+1420D "𔈍" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1420D "𔈍" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the ancient Egyptian writing system, formally encoded in the Unicode standard under the block for Egyptian Hieroglyphs in Plane 1 of the Supplementary Multilingual Plane. This particular glyph, allocated within a range reserved for hieroglyphic script, represents a symbolic or phonetic element used in formal inscriptions, though it is labeled generically as "Egyptian Hieroglyph-#" because its precise linguistic value or classification (such as Gardiner sign number or determinative function) is not explicitly defined in the character name. As part of Unicode's effort to digitally preserve historical scripts, this character enables modern digital text representation and scholarly study of Egyptian hieroglyphs, bridging ancient epigraphy with contemporary computing standards.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1420D
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	𔈍
HTML Hex Encoding	𔈍
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x88 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDE0D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001420D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\ude0d

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-07-005
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	An arrow with a splayed arrowhead, and rounded fletching.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	swn
kEH_UniK	T011D
kEH_IFAO	416,9