U+142FC "𔋼" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𔋼

U+142FC "𔋼" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph belonging to the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to enable digital representation of ancient Egyptian writing. This particular character corresponds to a distinct hieroglyphic sign from the Gardiner sign list, though its exact phonetic or semantic value is not readily identified by the "-#" designation in its name, which serves as a placeholder in the character catalog. As part of the broader effort to encode the extensive corpus of Egyptian hieroglyphs, U+142FC allows scholars, linguists, and enthusiasts to accurately type, display, and transmit this ancient script in modern digital environments, facilitating research and preservation of Egyptological texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+142FC
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	𔋼
HTML Hex Encoding	𔋼
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x8B 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDEFC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000142FC
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udefc

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-17-005
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	The head of a human man, seen in profile, with a short straight beard (D1), on top of a tall potter's wheel.
kEH_Func	Logogram (life)
kEH_FVal	ꜥnḫ
kEH_UniK	HJ U099B
kEH_JSesh	U99B
kEH_HG	U99B
kEH_IFAO	408,5