U+1431B "𔌛" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1431B "𔌛" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific sign from the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script, encoded in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block of the Unicode Standard, which was added to support digital representation of this historic writing system. This particular glyph corresponds to a sign in the Gardiner sign list, often used in religious, monumental, and administrative texts from ancient Egypt, though its exact identification and meaning require consultation with Egyptological references. Unlike more common hieroglyphs, it is a less frequently used character that may represent a phonogram, logogram, or determinative depending on context, and its inclusion in Unicode allows for precise textual representation in modern digital environments, preserving the ability to transcribe and study ancient inscriptions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1431B
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	𔌛
HTML Hex Encoding	𔌛
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x8C 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDF1B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001431B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udf1b

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-22-005
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A saw.
kEH_Func	Classifier saw
kEH_FVal	tfꜣ
kEH_UniK	HJ U105
kEH_JSesh	U105
kEH_HG	U105