U+143C9 "𔏉" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+143C9 "𔏉" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph from the Egyptian Hieroglyph block, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2009 as part of version 5.2 to enable digital encoding of ancient Egyptian writing. This particular character, classified under the category of an unassigned or undesignated hieroglyph placeholder, represents a numbering system used for cataloging signs that have not yet been fully identified or assigned a conventional Gardiner classification. It serves primarily as a formatting character within text, allowing scribes and scholars to reference unknown or provisional hieroglyphs without embedding an actual descriptive image or name.

General Properties

Code Point	U+143C9
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	𔏉
HTML Hex Encoding	𔏉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x8F 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDFC9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000143C9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udfc9

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	X-05-002
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	An horizontal oval shape, with two upward curving strokes added at the front short side (X5), on top of legs in a walking posture, feet orientated towards the reading direction (D54).
kEH_Func	Logogram (to pass by)
kEH_FVal	sn
kEH_UniK	HJ X005A
kEH_JSesh	X5A
kEH_HG	X5A