U+14244 "𔉄" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+14244 "𔉄" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific character from the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block of the Unicode Standard, representing a sign used in the ancient Egyptian writing system. This particular glyph is cataloged as a hieroglyphic symbol, though its exact phonetic or semantic value may be obscure or identified by a Gardiner number in scholarly contexts, as it was part of the script used for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records from around 3200 BCE onward. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode enables digital preservation and accurate rendering of ancient Egyptian texts across modern platforms and devices.

General Properties

Code Point	U+14244
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	𔉄
HTML Hex Encoding	𔉄
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x89 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDE44
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00014244
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\ude44

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-13-026
kEH_Core	N
kEH_UniK	HJ T011C
kEH_JSesh	T11C
kEH_HG	T11C