U+1427F "𔉿" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1427F "𔉿" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which encodes a vast array of signs from ancient Egyptian writing used for religious texts, monumental inscriptions, and administrative records. This specific glyph represents a particular hieroglyphic symbol, though its exact phonetic value or meaning depends on the context of its use in the original language, as Egyptian hieroglyphs could function as logograms, phonograms, or determinatives. The character was added to the Unicode Standard to support digital preservation and scholarly study of Egyptian texts, ensuring that researchers and enthusiasts can accurately represent and search these ancient symbols in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1427F
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	𔉿
HTML Hex Encoding	𔉿
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x89 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDE7F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001427F
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\ude7f

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-18-035
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A knife with a triangular blade and a straight handle (T30A), on top of a round-topped butcher's block, with the vertical lines of the base extending to the same height as the top of the butcher's block.
kEH_Func	Logogram (place of execution)
kEH_FVal	nm.t | ḫb.t
kEH_UniK	T146