U+142B8 "𔊸" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𔊸

U+142B8 "𔊸" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph block, which encodes a particular sign used in the ancient Egyptian writing system. As part of the Unicode Standard, this character was included to support the digital representation of Egyptian hieroglyphs, allowing for precise documentation and study of inscriptions from antiquity. While its exact meaning or transliteration is not immediately indicated by the generic label "Egyptian Hieroglyph-#", the number likely refers to a cataloging designation in a reference work such as Gardiner's sign list, and the character itself represents one of the many pictographic symbols that could denote an object, concept, or sound in the hieroglyphic script.

General Properties

Code Point	U+142B8
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	𔊸
HTML Hex Encoding	𔊸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x8A 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDEB8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000142B8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udeb8

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	U-09-024
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A hairpin or burin, with a horizontal line under the oval of the pin, and a triangular shape on top of the oval.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ꜣb
kEH_UniK	HJ U023E
kEH_JSesh	U23E
kEH_HG	U23E
kEH_IFAO	397,5