U+142FD "𔋽" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+142FD "𔋽" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a rarely used symbol belonging to the Egyptian Hieroglyphs Extended-A block, a standard added to encode a vast collection of signs from the ancient Egyptian writing system. Specifically designated as a numbered placeholder in the official Unicode name, this character represents a distinct hieroglyphic sign that was employed in religious, monumental, and administrative texts from pharaonic Egypt. Its inclusion in Unicode allows scholars, linguists, and digital historians to accurately represent and analyze the intricate script, ensuring that even complex or less common hieroglyphs are preserved for modern digital communication and academic study.

General Properties

Code Point	U+142FD
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	𔋽
HTML Hex Encoding	𔋽
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x8B 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDEFD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000142FD
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udefd

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-17-008
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A tall potter's wheel, with a lump of clay on top of the wheel.
kEH_Func	Classifier potter's wheel
kEH_FVal	nḥp
kEH_UniK	HJ U099C
kEH_JSesh	U99C
kEH_HG	U99C