U+1420F "𔈏" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1420F "𔈏" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a sign from the Hieroglyphic format for the Egyptian script, specifically encoded in the Unicode Standard’s Egyptian Hieroglyph block, which was added in version 5.2. This particular character represents a specific hieroglyphic symbol that would have been used in ancient Egyptian writing, though its exact phonetic or semantic value is not defined in the Unicode name; it is cataloged with a generic placeholder "#" in its label, meaning the official character name has not been fully assigned a unique transliteration or description. In practice, such characters are used by scholars and enthusiasts to digitally represent ancient Egyptian texts, enabling accurate preservation and reproduction of the hieroglyphs in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1420F
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	𔈏
HTML Hex Encoding	𔈏
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x88 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDE0F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001420F
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\ude0f

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-07-012
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	An arrow or dart, with the tip slowly tapering out towards the back.
kEH_Func	Phono-repeater
kEH_FVal	swn
kEH_UniK	HJ T131
kEH_JSesh	T131
kEH_HG	T131