U+14238 "𔈸" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+14238 "𔈸" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific code point allocated within the Egyptian Hieroglyph format controls block, which was added to Unicode to support the digital encoding of ancient Egyptian writing. This particular character does not represent a standard phonetic or ideographic hieroglyph from the classical Gardiner sign list but instead functions as a formatting or control character used to manage the complex positioning, grouping, and orientation of hieroglyphic signs in digital text rendering. Its purpose is to ensure that sequences of hieroglyphs display correctly according to the rules of Egyptian writing, such as reading direction and sign stacking, without itself being a visible glyph. As part of a specialized set, it is primarily intended for academic and computational use in Egyptology rather than for general text communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+14238
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	𔈸
HTML Hex Encoding	𔈸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x88 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDE38
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00014238
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\ude38

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-13-002
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A harpoon-head with two horizontal strokes on top and a two angled strokes as point.
kEH_Func	Classifier stalk, reed
kEH_UniK	HJ T019A
kEH_JSesh	T19A
kEH_HG	T19A
kEH_IFAO	421,11