U+1424D "𔉍" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1424D "𔉍" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a rarely used symbol belonging to the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2009 as part of version 5.2 to support writing from ancient Egypt. This specific glyph appears to be a placeholder or a cross referencing marker often employed in scholarly texts to represent a missing or undetermined hieroglyphic sign rather than a direct depiction of a known cultural icon. Its design typically shows a simple rectangular frame containing a square and two short vertical lines, abstractly standing in for an unknown character in transliterations or archaeological transcriptions. While not used for everyday communication, it serves an important role in Egyptology and digital preservation, allowing researchers to indicate gaps in their knowledge of specific hieroglyphic sequences.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1424D
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	𔉍
HTML Hex Encoding	𔉍
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x89 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDE4D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001424D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\ude4d

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-13-056
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	An arrowhead, point facing downwards, in the ground, resembling a cartouche in the round form (V9).
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	šn
kEH_UniK	HJ T022D
kEH_JSesh	T22D
kEH_HG	T22D
kEH_IFAO	424,5