U+143D3 "𔏓" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+143D3 "𔏓" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph within the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to enable the digital encoding and preservation of ancient Egyptian writing. This particular character, identified by its unique code point and hexadecimal number, represents a class of hieroglyphic signs that are not yet fully or publicly assigned a specific phonetic or semantic meaning, hence the placeholder "#" in its official name. It forms part of a broader, scholarly effort to digitize a large corpus of Egyptian texts, allowing researchers and enthusiasts to accurately represent, search, and share these symbols in modern computing environments without relying on images or approximations.

General Properties

Code Point	U+143D3
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	𔏓
HTML Hex Encoding	𔏓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x8F 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDFD3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000143D3
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udfd3

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	Y-02-009
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A scribe's kit, consisting of a pallet and an ink or paint pouch.
kEH_Func	Classifier red
kEH_FVal	ṯ(m)s
kEH_UniK	Y003D