U+14240 "𔉀" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+14240 "𔉀" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, specifically belonging to the category of signs used in ancient Egyptian writing. This particular glyph represents a designated hieroglyph from the monumental scripts of the Old Kingdom period and later, though its exact phonetic or ideographic value is often standardized by its catalog number rather than a unique transliteration. As a character encoded in Unicode, it enables digital representation and preservation of these historical symbols, allowing for accurate electronic documentation and study of Egyptian language and culture. Its inclusion in the standard reflects ongoing efforts to digitize and make accessible the vast corpus of ancient texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+14240
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	𔉀
HTML Hex Encoding	𔉀
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x89 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDE40
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00014240
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\ude40

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-13-018
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A harpoon-head with two horizontal strokes on top and a single curl on top of the point (T19), on top of a plan of a crossroads in a village (O49).
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	tr
kEH_UniK	HJ T120
kEH_JSesh	T120
kEH_HG	T120