U+1437E "𔍾" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+1437E "𔍾" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to enable digital representation of ancient Egyptian writing. This particular character, encoded in Plane 1 (the Supplementary Multilingual Plane), corresponds to a hieroglyphic sign that was used in formal inscriptions, often depicting a distinct object, figure, or phonetic element from the rich logographic and syllabic system of the Egyptian language. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for accurate transcription, scholarly analysis, and preservation of texts from ancient Egyptian monuments and papyri without relying on modern approximations or images.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1437E
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	𔍾
HTML Hex Encoding	𔍾
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x8D 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDF7E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001437E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udf7e

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	W-06-047
kEH_Core	N
kEH_UniK	W018D
kEH_JSesh	W18A
kEH_HG	W18A
kEH_IFAO	453,3