U+142E7 "𔋧" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+142E7 "𔋧" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is part of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, specifically the "Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls" range, and it serves as a control character rather than a determinative or phonetic glyph. This character functions as an invisible marker used in digital text processing to separate or structure sequences of hieroglyphs, ensuring correct rendering when using complex formatting rules such as quadrat (the arrangement of signs into rectangular groups). Unlike standard hieroglyphs that represent sounds or concepts, U+142E7 is a technical tool for modern text encoding, enabling precise layout of ancient Egyptian writing in digital environments without altering the textual meaning.

General Properties

Code Point	U+142E7
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	𔋧
HTML Hex Encoding	𔋧
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x8B 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDEE7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000142E7
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udee7

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-16-015
kEH_Core	N
kEH_UniK	HJ U039P
kEH_JSesh	U39P
kEH_HG	U39P