U+143D7 "𔏗" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# Unicode Character

U+143D7 "𔏗" Egyptian Hieroglyph-# is a specific glyph belonging to the Egyptian Hieroglyphs block in the Unicode Standard, which encodes script used for the ancient Egyptian language. This particular character, assigned the formal name "Egyptian Hieroglyph-#" as a placeholder for a yet-to-be-named or unnumbered sign, represents a logographic or phonetic element from the vast corpus of hieroglyphic writing, primarily documented during the Old Kingdom period and beyond. It is part of a larger effort to digitally preserve and enable the reproduction of ancient texts, allowing scholars and enthusiasts to accurately display and study this writing system in modern computing environments. The exact meaning or reading of this hieroglyph depends on its context within specific inscriptions, as many such characters function as determinatives, ideograms, or phonetic complements.

General Properties

Code Point	U+143D7
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	𔏗
HTML Hex Encoding	𔏗
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x94 0x8F 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD810 0xDFD7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000143D7
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud810\udfd7

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-02-014
kEH_Core	C
kEH_Desc	A writing tablet with a round top, with a vertical line at either side of the tablet.
kEH_Func	Classifier writing tablet
kEH_FVal	ꜥn
kEH_UniK	HJ Y027
kEH_JSesh	Y27
kEH_HG	Y27
kEH_IFAO	484,4