U+142C8 "𔋈" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+142C8 "𔋈" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a sign from the Egyptian Hieroglyph Extended-A block, representing a specific hieroglyphic symbol used in the ancient Egyptian writing system, though its exact identity and phonetic value are often designated by a placeholder number due to incomplete or specialized scholarly cataloging. This character is part of a broader effort by the Unicode Consortium to encode historical scripts for digital representation, enabling the preservation and study of Egyptological texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+142C8
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	𔋈
HTML Hex Encoding	𔋈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x8B 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDEC8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000142C8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udec8

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-09-068
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A drill, with a half-circle handle, with two lines on top, in a V shape, with a forked drill-bit.
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	wb
kEH_UniK	U024H
kEH_JSesh	U24h
kEH_HG	U24G
kEH_IFAO	399,2