U+142DE "𔋞" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+142DE "𔋞" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific symbol from the Egyptian Hieroglyph Extended-A block, representing a sign used in the ancient Egyptian writing system, though its exact reading or meaning is often designated by a generic placeholder when it lacks a definitive phonetic or logographic value in modern transcriptions. This character belongs to a later addition to Unicode that encodes hieroglyphs from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, expanding beyond the standard Gardiner list to include rare or temple-specific forms. Its inclusion allows for the digital preservation and scholarly analysis of these ancient texts, though without a dedicated name, it is cataloged merely as a numbered hieroglyph within the vast repertoire of Egyptian script.

General Properties

Code Point	U+142DE
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	𔋞
HTML Hex Encoding	𔋞
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x8B 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDEDE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000142DE
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udede

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-13-002
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A spindle resembling a dagger with a pointed tip (T8A).
kEH_Func	Phonemogram
kEH_FVal	ḫsf
kEH_UniK	HJ U034A
kEH_JSesh	U34A
kEH_HG	U34A
kEH_IFAO	403,14