U+1422A "𔈪" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1422A "𔈪" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific hieroglyphic sign from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, encoded in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane. This character represents a particular graphic symbol used in ancient Egyptian writing, though its precise phonetic or ideographic value is not standardly defined by the Unicode standard itself, as the name includes a placeholder "#" indicating it is an unassigned or generic hieroglyph. It exists within the range dedicated to the so-called "Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls" and basic signs, serving as a coded digital representation for scholarly and specialized text processing of the ancient script. While its exact meaning depends on Egyptological context, it can be used in digital documents and databases to preserve the visual form of the original glyph.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1422A
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	𔈪
HTML Hex Encoding	𔈪
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x88 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDE2A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001422A
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\ude2a

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-09-007
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A throwing-stick, or a club used by foreign people, on top of a horizontal line.
kEH_Func	Phono-repeater
kEH_FVal	rs
kEH_UniK	HJ T014A
kEH_JSesh	T14A
kEH_HG	T14A