U+142CF "𔋏" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+142CF "𔋏" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific symbol from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script, encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block. This character represents a particular logogram or phonetic sign used in the writing system of ancient Egypt, though its exact reading and meaning are determined by Egyptologists based on its context within inscriptions. Like all characters in this block, U+142CF is part of a comprehensive effort to digitize the hieroglyphic repertoire, enabling modern digital representation and scholarly research into one of the world’s oldest writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+142CF
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	𔋏
HTML Hex Encoding	𔋏
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x8B 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDECF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000142CF
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udecf

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-09-082
kEH_Core	N
kEH_UniK	U024G
kEH_JSesh	U24G
kEH_HG	U24H
kEH_IFAO	399,12